Word: clingingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asbestos fibers, which have long been inhaled in unsafe quantities by workers using this insulating and fire-resistant material. Despite years of warnings by independent medical researchers-and the persistent denial of danger by industry-paid health experts-the destructiveness of asbestos has been established beyond doubt. The fibers cling to the linings of the lungs, scar those organs, and induce asbestosis, a progressive and irreversible disease...
...they will soon have the economic base to separate from England. Observes John P. Mackintosh, Scottish historian and Labor Party candidate from Berwick and East Lothian: "When you look at the performances of the government in London, what is there to be proud of? What are you left to cling to? We could hardly do worse...
...gesture of healing, what of justice for such as Charles Colson, Egil Krogh, Jeb Stuart Magruder, Herbert Kalmbach, Donald Segretti and the lesser Watergate burglars who already have been imprisoned? What of justice in a historical perspective, when so many have admitted their guilt, if Nixon were allowed to cling to the fiction that he resigned only because he had lost his "political base" in Congress...
...Cabinet members said nothing. Nixon neither sought their advice nor paused for comment. Neither did any agree with his apparent decision to cling to office. Only Vice President Ford finally offered an observation, explaining that he felt that "the public interest is no longer served" by his making statements in defense of the President. "I understand," said Nixon. Then he abruptly shifted into a discussion of the economy. Vaguely, he suggested setting up a domestic "summit meeting" to grapple with inflation. He wanted it to be held immediately...
...other kind of football, association or soccer, is mainly for the lower orders. The ball can be thrown into play, but play itself is a matter of booting. Most nations cling to the original English name-futbol or fussball or, for the Scots, fu'bo'. But the Italians logically call it il calcio (or if they're Roman, er carcio), meaning "the kick." It is perhaps the only human game theoretically playable by birds...