Word: armes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Richard Nixon's 1973 spectacular. There were also a couple of Kennedys around (Ethel at a New York State party, on the arm of Governor Hugh Carey, Teddy at a dinner to honor Hubert Humphrey at the Mayflower Hotel). But considering that this was a Democratic Inaugural, the members of that sizable clan seemed most notable for their absence throughout the week. Most in evidence were Hollywood stars, athletes, musicians-and Georgians...
Intelligence Committee conservatives such as Barry Goldwater and Strom Thurmond were indeed up in arms over the nomination; their doubts had been fed by the intelligence community, which lobbied against Sorensen. But some liberal Democrats were scarcely less vehement in their opposition. One source of doubt was the fact that Sorensen had registered for the draft as a conscientious objector. Led by Hawaii's Inouye, a much-decorated World War II veteran who lost his right arm in combat, the Senators wondered whether Sorensen would be able to approve agency operations that might endanger life. Sorensen also...
...murderous acts of Al-Fatah. As Laqueur, Parry and Psychiatrist Frederick J. Hacker demonstrate in their books, guerrilla tactics (as differentiated from partisan action or government terror) have usually been an attention-getting device: if war is diplomacy by other means, then terrorism is a gruesome arm of public relations...
...second thing you notice is the apparent absence of racial tension. Students pull at the arm of Chuck Williams, a blond, frizzy-haired English teacher. "Mr. Williams, Mr. Williams, what is brown and sounds like a bell?" Williams rolls his eyes and lets his head vibrate. "Dung...
...failed to notice a nearby power line. When the antenna brushed against the high-voltage wire, Bruce's two friends were electrocuted, and he was burned so severely that doctors at the burn unit of Chicago's Cook County Hospital had to amputate his legs and an arm. But their treatment saved Bruce's life, and now, fitted with prosthetic devices, he is taking golf lessons...