Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Humphrey, for example, was hurt by being Vice President, even if we hadn't had the war. Mondale was hurt politically, but Humphrey was almost made a different person by Johnson, whereas Mondale just had a little bit of a burden, having been there with Jimmy. I said Mondale was a good choice because he had the soul of a Vice President...
...There is a lot of involvement in hockey in this area, from the kids right on through to the older adults," Friscino says. "Subsequently, there is quite a bit of local business support. UVM is extremely visible here. The radio station UVMT, which broadcasts the games, has no problem selling advertising time...
...past two games, I've been trying to concentrate on my blocking--especially for Tony Hinz and Tom Yohe," Reidy said after the B.U. game. "But in this game, with them out, I wanted to do a little bit extra. I can help the [offensive] line out by running well. I know it will give the line confidence knowing there's someone back there running hard for them...
Victims of hurricanes, drought, debts, superstition and disease, peasants are constantly preyed upon. Those with a bit of land are hesitant to improve it for fear of attracting the attention of covetous gros negs, who often hire corrupt lawyers to steal the land on one pretext or another. The rural police, notaries and Tonton Macoutes also seize property with a flourish of phony documents and a bag of city tricks. Even those who try to help the peasants often end up hurting them. When African swine fever hit the pig population of Haiti several years ago, Haitian authorities, under...
...Show Boat. In West Side Story, Carreras' Hispanic accent was as wrong for the role of the New Yorker Tony as Te Kanawa's British inflection was for the Latino Maria. In South Pacific, the casting of tenor Carreras, in the role created by bass Ezio Pinza, was a bit of commercialism that necessitated transposing the part and ended up distorting the balance. Further, imagining the New Zealand-born Te Kanawa as an all-American Nellie Forbush was a greater suspension of disbelief than many listeners were willing to make. Yet My Fair Lady was solid and assured, even...