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...theory about the basic properties of real numbers such as "associative," "distributive" and "commutative." The last term means simply that three and four always make seven in whatever order they happen to be added. Saxon, by contrast, uses diagrams and examples to make the same point clear and only afterward says...
...blackened wrecks of buildings, eerily smoldering in spots for days afterward, reminded onlookers of cities that had been carpet-bombed in wartime. Said Scanlon: "It looks like Berlin in 1945." Others thought of the awesome spectacles of nature. Lamented U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas after a somber tour: "This is a miniature Mount St. Helens...
...Weinberger at an informal dinner at the National Geographic Society in Washington. The occasion was so low-key that neither the press nor television was invited. And, in what seemed an extraordinarily calculated effort to play down the whole affair, the Pentagon failed even to give its customary briefing afterward. Sharon pronounced himself pleased nonetheless. "The agreement is a very wide one," he declared. "It covers everything." But by the time he arrived back in Jerusalem, the quiet agreement had touched off an uproar in Israel that threatened the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. It also made many Israelis...
...successor, last week released 31 prominent figures arrested by Sadat. Among them were five former Cabinet officials and Mohammed Heikal, a former editor of the daily Al Ahram. In an extraordinary gesture, Mubarak had them brought directly from prison to the presidential palace to meet with him. Said Heikal afterward: "This is a great thing. It is the first time a President receives freed political prisoners and talks to them...
...Allen" throughout the interview, in arm's length prosecutorial style, he first-named back (". . . it was unknown to me at that point, Sam") like a prisoner hoping to curry favor with his captor. The effect was self-demeaning. There were those who admired his dogged imperturbability. Afterward, ABC got a number of calls criticizing Donaldson, who had done his job professionally...