Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says a young accountant for a large cement company: "The big pay raise doesn't put me any closer to my dream of owning my own home...
...them all, they exhibit some symmetry. The Israeli government is just responding to an attack on helpless high school students; the Palestinian guerrillas are just responding to the occupation of a country they regard as theirs. The guerrillas' appeals to Israel and the United Nations have brought them no closer to independence; Israel's appeals to the countries from which the guerrillas operate and to the United Nations have brought its people no closer to security. World opinion--which an Israeli humorist once defined as what prevented the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia--has been most impotent of all. Last week...
...eights, obviously tired both physically and mentally from their Sprints victory last weekend, had a closer than expected race with the Bulldogs. A poor start, a hungry Yale crew, and a slight headwind combined to keep Radcliffe even with their competition for the first 500 meters...
...facts of life." In the meantime, many Republicans feared that the President's delaying tactics were only making life more difficult for him. By attempting to drive a wedge between Democrats and Republicans on the Hill, the President's attorney James St. Clair may actually be thrusting them closer together. "I feel he's losing us," said a top-ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee. "I think he's only trying to save his client. I don't think he gives a damn about the Republican Party...
...however, a proletarian version of Day of the Jackal. It is equally about Tunin's being able to bring himself to commit this act of violence and about his love affair with a young whore (Lina Polito), who arouses and assuages him as the day of assassination draws closer. Tunin is no bold gunman. He is assaulted by fear, lulled by affection for the whore. It is never certain that he will be able to make his slightly mad attempt on Mussolini...