Word: brainwork
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Originally asked to come to the Center for International Affairs in 1976, Basheer postponed the fellowship until he felt he could leave the Egyptian cabinet. The year abroad will serve as an opportunity "to do some brainwork and writing," Basheer said...
Other players say the body English, the nudging, gunching and infinite alternations of the ways to flip the flipper and score points off the thumper-bumper make the game a combination of, say, chess (brainwork), hockey (physical coordination) and lovemaking (sensitivity). Concludes Roger C. Sharpe, author of a new, definitive book called Pinball: "It takes years of practice every...
Feminine Intuition. Mostly, the men take an overprotective, implicitly patronizing attitude toward their female partners. While "feminine intuition" is allowed to contribute occasionally to the process of detection, most of the heavy brainwork is handled...
...months ahead, Ziegler is expected to continue as Nixon's top personal adviser. The question remains of who will do the long, slogging hours of leg-and brainwork to develop White House policy on the whole galaxy of domestic problems, from national health insurance to welfare reform. That job had been done by John Ehrlichman, who directed the Domestic Council. Under him, the council boasted a staff of 75 and played an important role in shaping Nixon's domestic programs during the first term. Now the council is down to 26 staffers, and its influence has declined proportionately...