Word: adds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whatever the outcome, it was increasingly plain that failure to discipline Powell-a lawmaker who scoffs at the law-could only add to the Democratic leadership's already heavy political burdens, to say nothing of its obligations to the integrity of the U.S. Congress...
...add to the gang's woes, the criminal underworld was less than patient with such a crime-especially when Scotland Yard began systematically raiding their haunts in a search for the paintings. Two days after the theft, a tip from the underworld brought police to an apartment where two Rembrandts and a Rubens were found under a bed. Another phone call-police theorize that this one was from the distressed gang itself-led them to a park, where they found the other paintings wrapped in newspaper under a holly bush...
...your New Year's aspiration, make alliteration an anachronism, alleviate ambiguity, amputate absurdity. Add artistry, authenticity, ability and accomplishment...
...question is not academic. On construction alone, the churches spend $1 billion per year. Denominational pension funds - invested in stocks, bonds and mortgages - add up to more than $2 billion. The yearly purchasing power of the churches runs into still more billions; last year the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York alone spent $17 million on goods and services...
...miles due east of remote Byrd Station, and only 600 miles from the South Pole. Second, Antarctica is racked by fierce (up to 90 m.p.h.) gales and covered with ice up to 14,000 ft. thick; the temperature, even in the middle of summer, can drop to -40°. Add to that the fact that no man had ever before set foot on the slopes of Vinson-and the laconic announcement from the U.S. Navy base at McMurdo Sound had to qualify as a masterpiece of understatement: "A U.S. climbing party planted the flags of twelve nations on the summit...