Word: abely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Wilson dislikes the [abe], he is referred to as a neo-conservative, often by critics who cite what they call his hard line positions on issues like crime prevention. He is well known in that field for advocating deterrents for stopping crime...
...through the eyes of three associates: Private Secretary John Hay, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and Secretary of State William H. Seward. The two Cabinet members spend much time squabbling; Hay frequents a Washington brothel. All three observers are, unfortunately, tongue-tied when it comes to reporting on Honest Abe: "As usual, Hay wondered what the President was thinking; as usual, he did not have the slightest clue. ... How, Seward wondered, not for the first time, did this man's mind work? ... Curious, thought Chase, how little anyone really knew about this new President...
...Abe Kalan Denver...
...extreme political opinions, must give pause even to the staunchest defenders of the Nobel experiment. Can those charged with making the awards tell quality when they see it? Golding is fine, to be sure, but not before Gordimer, Grass and Greene. And, in alphabetical order, not before Kobo Abe, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino...
...make a most unfair and incorrect reference to us in your story on Beverly Hills. We did not provide "sleds and skis for a couple of hundred friends." It was a long, hard, slogging job of several weeks' organization for a Christmas Snow Party for Mrs. Abe Leah's charity for needy actors...