Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contest was named in dishonor of poor Edward G.E.L. Bulwer-Lytton. A popular and workmanlike 19th century British novelist, Bulwer-Lytton wrote a book, Paul Clifford, that unfortunately began, "It was a dark and stormy night. . ." Among the exquisitely bad sentences sent to the California (zip code: 95192) judges: "Screaming like a banshee, bargaining like a waterfront drug dealer, bleeding like a side of beef in an abattoir, the Chinese sailor croaked out one word: 'Firelight' (a code word? or a dying man's resurrection of a beloved childhood memory?) and fell to the ground, sprawled...
...doing. When he took the presidency he wrote, "I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent." That is at once beautiful and profound. It is no wonder he succeeded, entering office with such a code of conduct...
...drive had the Koranic code name Walfajr, for "I swear by the dawn." But Iranian leaders were also calling it "the last blow to Baghdad," and noting that it was timed to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iranian revolution led by Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. Declared Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Hojjatoleslam Hashemi Rafsanjani: "The people expect this offensive to be the final military operation that will determine the destiny of the region...
...North (Dave Connors) 18:49; H. Tony Visone (Greg Britz, Greg Chalmers) 4:41; H. Mitch Olson (Dave Burke) 5:41; H. Mark Fusco (Burke) 6:25; H. Jay North (Phil Falcone, Connors) 7:29; D. Allen Taber (Doug Hirsch, Bruce Cullen) 9:49; H. D. Connors (Ken Code, M. Fusco) 14:10; H. D. Burke (Olson, Tim Smith) 14:57; Saves: Harvard: Grant Blair, 6-8-13--27; Dartmouth: Carey Gandy, 16-10-2--28, Tom Martinson...
...minus two," and Hastings had a ready explanation for everything he had done. Yes, he was at the Fontainebleau, but at the "social" invitation of Borders, who stood him up. Yes, he promised Borders over the phone that he would act the next day, but the supposed code was a straightforward discussion of letters he planned to write urging reinstatement of a suspended lawyer who was a mutual friend. And yes, he issued the $845,000 order, but only to comply with two recent appeals court rulings requiring that action. Hastings also offered a parade of 50 witnesses, including three...