Word: bailiwicks
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...exactly with sympathy that I entered the machine's bailiwick. Outside the structure was an enormous map of the United States, each county labeled with a number which doubtless contains great significance for the computer. Girls at desks punched out computer cards, and the customers waited outside as the machine recorded its insights on blue-and-white striped paper monogrammed with a starry "A." I walked up, introduced myself, and began talking to Michael Lutin, one of the astrologers who works there. He explained to me that astrology locates a person as a specific point in time and space...
...come from Democrats Ted Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, Republicans Charles Percy and Jacob Javits, and several top aides of California Governor Ronald Reagan. To win, Bradley knows that he must get a slice of Los Angeles' large conservative vote, an area that has been Yorty's exclusive bailiwick...
DANIEL Patrick Moynihan's observation was apt, and its pith was as relevant to his own bailiwick of urban problems as it was to William Rogers' diplomatic domain. As the new Administration gets up-uncommonly early-in the morning, it should have little difficulty in broadly defining its goals. Specific strategies and tactics for achieving them are something else. Washington must decide soon if it is going to enter into serious arms-control talks with the Russians. The new President must make up his mind whether to frame a State of the Union address...
...lieutenant general, Krulak was given command of Fleet Marine Forces Pacific. His huge bailiwick extended from El Toro, Calif., to Khe Sanh, with overall responsibility for 80,000 Marines fighting in Viet Nam. Krulak helped to mold tactics for a new type of war, combining hard fighting with civic action among the Vietnamese that only North Viet Nam's massive infusion of regular troops could nullify...
...save it for another night when we'll make you the big star here." Rudolph was lucky that time; only one other councillor quizzed him about traffic problems. Sometimes every one of the nine councillors takes his turn with Rudolph, grilling the Traffic Director about problems in his particular bailiwick...