Word: armful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sitting in a crowded lecture hall, a second thought might suggest to you that it is far from pleasant for your neighbors if you shout "Hey Bill" at the top of your voice. Arm waving, in such a case. Only compounds displeasure Perhaps some agreement could be arranged whereby Bill's attention is obtained by other mean...
...Reason: mounting right-wing opposition to a negotiated settlement. Rebel leaders, of course, contend that the breakdown of the peace talks means the Salvadoran military is now effectively back in control. According to Ruben Zamora, the bearded vice president of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, the guerrilla movement's political arm, "Duarte has no power...
...CLICHES have come thick and fast, but there are two that crop up inexorably when the subject comes up. There is the idea of the definition of democracy being the right to swing one's arm only so far as the tip of someone else's nose, but bit is difficult to apply. The four teenagers had no right to be riding the rails looking for unsuspecting owners of five dollars, but were no more or less entitled to do that than Goetz was to shoot them...
...dose" to a surprising eloquence. He sways behind the center like a royal palm, but it is a greater wonder how he can swagger sitting down and strut standing still. A compact passing release is characteristic of his general economy of movement and thought. "Most quarterbacks have that high- arm action," Shula demonstrates, "but everything he does is down in here," motioning about shoulder level, "a terrific torque, that tremendous explosion...
...urging of feature writers running out of angles, scientists have been put on the case to find out if Marino represents some genetic or neurological improvement in people. Around Miami, the mystery of his arm has been a welcome new intrigue, not to mention a cheerful national counterimage to Miami Vice. Theories have run from abundant fast-twitch muscle fibers to advanced eye- search patterns to the suspicious breadth of his thumb. What does the monster think? Marino takes a stiff Frankenstein step and laughs. "I dunno...