Word: barked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intoning "the President wants ..." That was enough to persuade many doubters. Another line that gained currency was "I have a mandate from the Pres ident ..." What that meant nobody really knew, but it sounded authoritative. In case of defiance, the talk sometimes got rougher. One Nixon aide heard Ehrlichman bark: "If he won't do it, fire him." Another venomous official told doubtful minions: "Remember, you are all serving at my pleasure...
...danger is compounded because the eucalyptus continually sheds both its thin bark-which hangs from the upper portions of the tree in long, tendril-like strands-and its leaves. Together, bark and leaves form a thick and highly combustible layer of "duff" on the forest floor. The increased fall from dead and dying trees has now piled up to depths of 12 in. to 18 in. in some areas; there, the ground is covered by as much as 50 tons of debris per acre. In strong winds on a hot day, the duff could burn so furiously that huge updrafts...
...United Left leaders have been doing their best to promise as little as possible. Though Pompidou quietly ordered the government TV network to give Marchais a lot of exposure because "he frightens people," the Communist leader has been careful not to bite-or even bark. Speaking in soft, reassuring tones, Marchais has been telling French audiences that his Communists are not the party of the clenched fist but "the party of the outstretched hand." Pompidou can only worry how many that hand will reach...
...Heldt's criticism in your Letters column of "organic" foods as insufficient to make Jim Thorpe able to compete with athletes of today: Mr. Heldt, as is usual with the non-Indian, has treed the wrong bark. While everyone knows of the wonderful increase in health, height, weight, etc., of the average "white" because of his "chemically raised foodstuffs," little mention is made of the fact that the Anishinabe (Chippewa) was 6 ft. tall in 1700. The French called us "Sauters" among other names, meaning "Jumpers," for our ancestors went "bounding" through the forest and the short Frenchmen could...
...best possible farmland for his family. He cuts his way through miles of forest until he reaches the meadows by the shores of Lake Ki-Chi-Saga. Troell cuts with a compass to four views of the land the Swede has chosen. And after Karl has chopped the bark of a tree to mark his claim, knowing that he has done right by all and enchanted by his prospects, he naps. As the camera hovers inches from his face, he also smiles, with a new jauntimess...