Word: boa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plead the Kampuchean cause before the U.N. Security Council. His 41-minute speech turned out to be one of his best ever. Without straining his credibility by defending the Pol Pot regime, Sihanouk made a strong case for imperiled Kampuchean nationalism and likened the invading Vietnamese to "a starving boa constrictor leaping on an innocent animal...
Still, the feeling persists: the judges have gone too far. Sociologist Nathan Glazer says that the progression of judicially enforced rights has given the country "indigestion," like a boa constrictor that has swallowed a goat. Though judges rate high in public opinion surveys - a poll commissioned by the American Bar Association last year found that 77% believed that judges are "generally honest and fair"- politicians and public alike have begun agitating to make them more accountable for both their judgments and their conduct. But accountability should not come at the cost of compromising judicial independence...
...gamely agreed to wing it with a macaw named Bob. The occasion was a fund-raising luncheon for the New York Zoological Society, which is dedicated to protecting endangered species and displaying animals in natural environments. Chancellor, a devotee of wildlife preservation, had no trouble with the boa constrictor and the tarantula that came to lunch. The macaw, however, was for the birds. "Neither one of us expected to have our picture taken together," said Chancellor. "He bit me, just to show who was boss...
...games (draws did not count). In the end, Karpov & Co. eked out a narrow six-to-five victory in the arduous 32-game match, fending off a spectacular late comeback by Korchnoi. The games themselves were unimpressive. Karpov stuck to the cautious approach that some commentators have dubbed "the boa constrictor" style; Korchnoi, taking far more risks, repeatedly ran into time trouble by nearly failing to make the required 40 moves in the first 2½ hours of play. "There was not a single game worth remembering," lamented England's international master Harry Golembeck. "It's a disgrace...
...this sultry New South day, Caywood-Moore was bouncing around Building Four in a frilly Janis outfit, fluffing her boa. Her surgery is only half-complete--which is why, O'Day explained, she looks nothing at all like Janis Joplin. "Maybe I could put in zits," he said thoughtfully. "Anything but get fat," said the scrawny Caywood-Moore, "I've been fat all my life...