Word: clue
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...true meaning of his philosophy. They extend to the issue of his substance. What would a man who talks about limits and who refuses to live in the gubernatorial mansion or ride in the gubernatorial limousine do as President? His government of limited action in California may provide some clue. Also subject to concern among liberals is his foreign policy--or whether Jerry Brown even has a foreign policy. Asked during the 1976 campaign what a President Brown's foreign policy would be, Brown replied, "Clarity of thought." At least we know what in damnation Carter means by "human rights...
Denisenko gave a pair of golden cuff links bearing the hammer-and-sickle crest to Swiss Brigadier General Jean-Louis Jeanmaire. When Jeanmaire wore them, Swiss security agents had their first clue to his treachery; he was sentenced to an 18-year prison term...
...knows how many cases there are or have been. Health authorities usually rely on school absenteeism as their best numerical clue, but they were foiled because this season's outbreak occurred during the Christmas holidays. One indisputable index is the number of deaths, mostly among the aged and infirm, resulting from the pneumonia that so often follows flu. In New York City alone the pneumonia deaths during three weeks rose from...
...investigation was thorough in the extreme. No clue was too unpromising or too bizarre to pursue. Agents scoured Manhattan's 43rd Street for a fortuneteller reported to have precisely predicted the time of the President's death by reading tea leaves. Two FBI men sat patiently at the bedside of a witness who professed to know the names of six people involved in the killing, but was too drunk to stand. Investigators listened to a woman who was certain that her husband's family had something to do with the slaying. Why? Because they were "mean" people...
...cuts where Scaggs hangs back and plays safe are not particularly outstanding. "A Clue" is pretty and lyrical and at the same time thoughtful and boring; the crashing of cymbals in "We're Waiting" is meaningless and facile; "Tomorrow Never Came" is pure filler. Half of the songs on the album just don't work, and are failures made all the more disappointing by the excellence of the other half of the album. Scaggs may have cut his own throat on this record by not sustaining high standards the whole way through, but if his fans stick with him through...