Word: beare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sake of peace, the only peace that is worth the name: that is, peace based on justice. The great mistake our enemy has made is that he thought the force of terrorism could guarantee security. [The Israelis] are now faced with [a war of] attrition. That we can bear much better than they can. I would like to add, so they may hear in Israel: we are not advocates of annihilation. Egyptian missiles are now on their pads ready to be launched to the deepest depths of Israel. We could have given the signal and issued the order...
...will, a family retainer told the court through an interpreter that the deceased had once said of a nephew: "I am scared he will kill me." Remembering his classical Greek from college days, Ball suggested that the proper translation could be: "I am afraid my relations will bear me ill will." Ball won his point and the case...
Karbo, a bearded bear of a man, started a direct-mail house in 1962 to sell books on health, sex, beating the horses and how to get out of debt in 90 minutes (Karbo was once $50,000 in debt, and it took him three years). Before he wrote Lazy, he ran test ads for it: "I used to work hard . . . but I didn't start making big money until I did less-a lot less. For example, this ad took about two hours to write. With a little luck it should earn me fifty, maybe a hundred thousand...
...would be improper and declined to attend). It was an oddly exuberant happening, considering its origin in Agnew's tragedy, and some Republicans considered the performance vulgar. Said Oregon Governor Tom McCall: "It looked like a hoedown, a shivaree." In the Blue Room after the announcement, while guests bear-hugged Jerry and kissed Betty Ford, Nixon chatted enthusiastically with those in the receiving line...
...uninitiated, drag racing may be easily confused with the rival sport of stock-car racing. In both, the cars sometimes bear a superficial resemblance. But in stocks, the autos career around oval tracks for as many as 500 miles before crossing the finish line; dragsters hurtle down a 1,320-ft. asphalt strip under the watchful electronic eye of an automatic timer. The cars usually race in pairs, but drivers are out to beat the clock as much as each other...