Word: abraham
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with characteristic vigor. "I'm rarin' to go," she declared to supporters at her kickoff rally. "I'm good from top to bottom and every other part in between." Most Gotham handicappers are willing to believe her: Bella is rated a strong primary threat to Mayor Abraham Beame...
...made the ascent? "It was a personal challenge," he said, "a challenge to my ingenuity." The trade building, Willig said, "was very appealing. Very vertical." Confronted by his talent, temperament and instant popularity, New York City soon surrendered and canceled the $250,000 suit. Instead, said Mayor Abraham Beame, the city would settle for a fine of $1.10-a penny for every floor...
Nixon explained that because a President is accountable to both Congress and the voters, he cannot "run amok in this country and get away with it." Nixon paraphrased a Civil War statement by Abraham Lincoln: "Actions which otherwise would be unconstitutional could become lawful if undertaken for the purpose of preserving the Constitution and the nation." Said Nixon: "Now that's the kind of action I'm referring to." Again, Frost refused to equate preserving the Union in the 1860s with deterring dissent in the 1970s...
...biblical land that Israel has occupied since the heady triumphs of the Six-Day War in 1967. As if to prove his faith in that slogan, Begin made his first post-election public appearance at Alon Moreh (meaning the Oak Landmark), a settlement named after the first place Abraham lived when he arrived in the Promised Land. The modern Alon Moreh, considered illegal because the government did not approve it, is a settlement of nationalist zealots belonging to Gush Emunim (Group of the Faithful) that had braved the hostility of Arab neighbors for 18 months...
...members of the Lampoon are not a collective Abraham; at their best, they are a collective Isaac. The Lampoon cannot, therefore, sacrifice itself in order to affirm the Absurd truth it hopes to represent. The members of the Lampoon should not be expected to take the final step backwards (tripping on the banana peel as they do so), and arrive at a Religious communion with the Absurd. They will continue to reject through humor rather than accept through humor for as long as they need the Law as straight man. This is why the grey agreement reached last week between...