Word: contactable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Roger Ailes, the impresario of George Bush's triumphant run for the presidency, appeared on television the other day. There arrived shortly a note from the White House: "You were not bad, but your eye contact wasn't great. George...
...grand jury is investigating allegations that Zorrilla was also involved in the death of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in 1985. According to DEA informants, Zorrilla knew in advance of Camarena's kidnaping. One source added that Camarena's interrogator was in direct contact with Zorrilla. If proved, the allegations would support the theory that Camarena's murder was approved at the highest levels of the government...
...into the room early because he was on Dorm Crew the week before, and he had already claimed a bottom bunk. I was not going to object, given the nasty squint he gave me when I introduced myself. I didn't realize that he couldn't see without his contact lenses, but I felt a little more relaxed a few minutes later when I helped him escape after he had locked himself into the bathroom...
...darker central portions of sunspots, or umbras, have the strongest magnetic fields; the lighter exteriors, or penumbras, the weaker fields. Occasionally, the penumbras of two sunspots of opposite polarity merge as they move past each other, putting the oppositely charged umbras in contact. The results are spectacular. "Because the umbras have opposite polarities, they attract each other," says the Marshall Center's Moore. "The closer they are together, the stronger the pull. Then, as they push past each other, it's like an earthquake fault slipping. In this case the stored energy is released in a flare." In the sunspot...
...lecture a bunch of chemists or engineers about the importance of not saying "It would be appreciated if you would contact the undersigned by telephone at your earliest possible convenience," and instead saying "Please call me as soon as you can," which was revealed wisdom to these people...