Word: beate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this newly unrebellious mood, the Democratic caucus readily re-elected its party leaders O'Neill, Wright and Tom Foley, chairman of the caucus. Those leaders appreciatively took this as a refreshing vote of confidence. The caucus also beat back efforts by some of the older reformist firebrands to slash the remaining powers of committee chairmen even further. There was remarkably little resistance when O'Neill asked that the one sensitive issue facing the caucus be debated and decided in private, rather than with reporters present. It was the question of what to do about four members...
Unmoved, Begin flew to the Norwegian capital late last week to receive his commemorative gold medal from Mrs. Aage Lionaes, head of the peace prize committee, in the high-walled medieval Akershus. In his acceptance speech, Begin quoted the prophets Isaiah and Micah ("And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. . ."). He then rhetorically posed an issue that bedevils everyone concerned with the 30-year-old Middle East struggle: "not whether, but when this vision [of peace] will become a reality." Begin did not give a definite answer. Instead, he acknowledged an intellectual debt...
...ground in Third World countries?that the world press should be tightly controlled?SWAPO leaders inside Namibia privately expressed a belief that the presence of foreign reporters gave them some protection during the campaign, though not too much. Within full view of one press group, police attacked and badly beat up a sign-carrying SWAPO demonstrator...
Surrounded by his carefree and elated team after the win Carlesimo noted "we weren't looking at this game for one of our wins this year. We've come full circle. We beat Harvard and we beat Alabama and we're going to get well known...
Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Him" just doesn't sound the same with Khan improvising the vocals and instruments. The new beat and word changes sound weak and artificial, and to someone who doesn't remember Wonder's original version, it's a sad reflection on a brilliant song-writer...