Word: axioms
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...Heavies race, described by Coach Harvey Love as "pretty much of a water fight" over the short distance of three-quarters of a mile, proved the old fall rowing axiom, "The highest stroking boat wins...
...income tax rap. Before catching his free bus to the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa., "The Prime Minister" told reporters he would be "put in solitary for 30 days, but I'm not really bitter." Rolling across the Jersey Meadows, he might well have recalled a favorite axiom learned during his East Harlem youth: "Tough times make monkeys eat red peppers...
...advocates of this position--and they are legion--are obscuring one vital axiom (whether consciously or not) which must be made clear...
...Granted, the role is not a very taxing one, but Edgerton delivers all there is in it. The quality which lifts him so far above his colleagues is timing. He is an actor of some experience, and realizes that the funniest line can be ruined with poor timing--an axiom which the others demonstrate from time to time...
...came to America when I was eight years old," he began. "My business today is a family business, which makes good jobs for 1,200 people, including my two sons, Solomon and Horace, who are right here in this room." Going on from there, with many a homely axiom and many a catch in the throat, Goldfine...