Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quite a different flavor. With detail worthy of Plains. George's most famous Sunday school teacher, Carter devotes five pages in the book's introduction to a recap of the book of Genesis. Similarly, he describes how, during his first visit to Jerusalem he awoke before dawn to "catch a flavor" of the ancient city as if "might have been two thousands years earlier when Jesus strolled the same streets." For Carter juxtaposing ancient history and yesterday's news is essential. But for readers of The Blood of Abraham, his shifts in tone and style are just plain confusing...
...slash here and a snip there, negotiators from Capitol Hill worked out with the White House a compromise budget plan that would eventually cut projected deficits by more than half. President Reagan agreed to scale back on two sacred programs: defense and Social Security. Yet there was one catch amid the hype about what Donald Regan, the White House chief of staff, hailed as "the most ambitious budget-reduction plan in postwar history." The celebrated agreement was not with the Democratic House, which will have to approve it. It was with leaders of Reagan's own party in the Senate...
...When Yale finds out. I have a feeling they're going to go like gangbusters to catch up," said Melissa L. Croteau, spokesperson for the Northeast chapter of the American Red Cross Blood services...
...Cornell Columbia roadtrip of this year, however, he was unable to catch the necessary z's "Because we were on the road. I wasn't able to sleep, and I didn't play well those games...
...active left-handed players have caught any games. Name the last southpaw to catch...