Word: clock
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Khomeini's anti-American fervor echoed those 444 days in 1979-81 when Iran held 52 Americans captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran. "The American presence in the gulf has turned back the clock to the years of the hostage crisis," said an Iranian journalist. "That is the atmosphere now." But a major factor in the new frenzy was the congressional hearings on the U.S. arms-for-hostages deal with Iran, which Iranians followed closely by newspaper and radio. The public revelations of those dealings last November and the fresh airing given the scandal on Capitol Hill over...
...false impression of the danger the children were in. Van Wingerden's investigative techniques are also suspect. She reports on Friday, August 8, that I had yet to speak to Frank Rose about the accident. I spoke to Mr. Rose Wednesday, August 6, around one or two o'clock, a good 30 hours before The Crimson went to the presses Thursday night. Mr. Nordhaus's article is loaded with errors. He repeats Ms. van Wingerden's reference to "funny noises" coming from the engine, something which I have never said I heard. Nordhaus, in the same sensational tone...
...Garden." At eleven, Whitney made her solo debut singing Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah at the local Baptist church. "I was scared to death," she recalls. "I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in a trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying. From then on, I knew God had blessed...
Since he reportedly received several death threats this year, North has been protected around the clock by Navy guards. Two guards, sometimes three, escort him on his weekly visit to the barber. They were in tow when North went to his daughter's high school graduation last month. North sat in the back of the hall, causing something of a stir. Afterward, many of the parents offered him best wishes and asked him to pose for pictures...
Arena football is supposed to speed the game up by keeping the clock running until the last minute of play. Now, the only drawback with the running clock is that the teams have 40 seconds to get the ball into play, which often leaves the players standing around with nothing...