Word: beare
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...bear, Jack Nicklaus is surprisingly short, maybe 5 ft. 10 in. From a low of 170 lbs. last summer, too light to make the cut in either the U.S. or British Open, he has reaccumulated a paunch appropriate to a 46-year-old, while remaining considerably trimmer than the burr-headed and bulging Ohio youth who won three Masters during four mid-'60s years. Handsomely, Nicklaus won two others, along with just about everything else...
FINALLY, DIVESTMENT is more than just an issue of morality and community at Harvard; it is still of vital importance for bringing pressure to bear on the racist regime in Pretoria. While forces within South Africa are still the primary agents of change, the government of President P.W. Botha has made significant reforms in response to international pressure, most recently announcing the demise of the hated pass laws. The role of international pressure has been crucial both in instigating such reforms and in preventing a more violent backlash against progressive forces within South Africa...
...operate near Tripoli and Benghazi would most closely fit the punishment for terrorism to the crime of inciting and supporting it. But the camps are thought to be empty right now, and when occupied they are also heavily used to train young recruits for the Libyan army, who bear no responsibility for Gaddafi's terrorism. Bombing oil jetties and other installations could cripple Libya's economy, but at the possible price of killing German, Italian and other foreign technicians still working in the Libyan petroleum industry--and possibly even some Americans. There were 1,500 in Libya in January...
...liberalizing the 1968 law argue that it was used unfairly against gun dealers who failed to keep adequate records of the sale of firearms and ammunition. The lobby's most effective argument for weakening gun control was still the well-worn Second Amendment guarantee of the right to bear arms. Said Democratic Congressman Harold L. Volkmer of Missouri, sponsor of the House measure: "This body is finally discussing what will truly return constitutional rights to the citizens of this country...
...merits of the proposed Meese medal have been exhaustively debated on this page and do not bear repeating here. What does beg a closer look is the contrasting reactions of the Harvard community to these two men. No juxtaposition of public events in my four years here has been so shocking or so close, in both space and time. And no two recent events could serve better as a quick illustration of the political biases of Harvard students...