Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the UCLA appointment begins this fall, Wilson said he would he teaching his full compliment of courses at least for the first semester, but that if everything is approved he would begin splitting his time between Cambridge and Low Angeles, spending one semester on each coast...
Wanda: Living together is not seen as a rejection of marriage any more. It's more of a way station, almost part of the courtship ritual. And divorce ends in remarriage so routinely that you could call it a backhanded compliment to marriage and its claims...
...referred to him as "alive and well tonight in this race." He was even a bit flippant about Gary Hart, comparing him to "this season's hit rock-'n'-roll single." But in its newscast the next evening, the network said, in a classic left-handed compliment, that Hart "can no longer duck the title front runner." CBS's Rather emphasized Hart's success on Tuesday evening. Using a convoluted train metaphor, he opened his report by noting that Hart's candidacy "keeps moving like a fast freight," adding that Mondale...
...campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire designed to highlight Mondale's liberal record. The assault by the right-wing "NicPac" was one Mondale was able to parry easily: "If you can judge a person by the enemies he makes, I've just been paid a big compliment." But he is still plagued by the problem of turning his early strategy of building a coalition of activist groups into a campaign that appeals to a broad spectrum of voters...
Randy Bucyk is quick to return the compliment. While the Chief played hockey in Boston, Randy was growing up in Edmonton, and the younger Bucyk rarely got to see his relative play. Nonetheless, Randy recalls, "I always followed what he was doing. I'd still love to be able to do what...