Word: clue
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with a clue supplied by NASA astronomers, Michanowsky thinks that he may have found an explanation for both the festival and the inscriptions. The rock carvings, he argues, are apparently a record of a long-forgotten celestial event: a supernova, or exploding star, a spectacle that would have awed primitive people and perhaps frightened them into paying homage to it by staging an orgiastic celebration...
...Better Clue. For once, neither superpower was directly involved. The Administration, in fact, had seemed to be uncertain about how much credence to give early intelligence reports that told of the buildup of Arab forces a week before the war. In his discussions with Arab Foreign Ministers before the war, Secretary of State Kissinger remarked, not one had indicated that the military buildup was a prelude to a resumption of fighting; instead, the discussions had centered on finding a means for new negotiations...
...Soviet Union may well have had a better clue to what was going on. A few days before the fighting began, the Soviets reportedly removed their advisers-an estimated 3,000 strong-from Syria. No public explanation was offered, but some observers believed that Moscow took the action after failing to convince the Damascus government of "the futility of embarking on military adventures." Nonetheless, Moscow publicly supported the Arabs. A Pravda article said that the war was "carefully prepared and planned in Tel Aviv...
...temptress, a wanton driven by forces she cannot control? Or does her resolve to lead her own life mean that she will finally not harm Morrissey? The depressing thing is that the preceding 561 pages-filled with incident, example, internal monologue, psychological speculation-do not furnish a clue...
When both Haig and Laird denied that they were the sources for the Agnew-is-going stories, newsmen turned to Deputy White House Press Secretary Gerald Warren to find out the thinking of the President. What Warren did not say turned out to be as valuable a clue as what he did say. As the President's diligent echo, Warren could have rescued Agnew from his humiliation by merely giving the slightest sign of support. Instead, Warren had "no comment" to questions about Broder's story in the Post, with one notable exception...