Word: counts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...experience doesn't count for everything, and Estrich took her position at a potentially disastrous point in the Dukakis campaign. Sasso, a long-time friend and advisor of the Massachusetts governor, had resigned after admitting he distributed a videotape of several apparently plagiarized Biden speeches. The tape forced that candidate to withdraw from the race...
Returning to Panama certain that it would take government pressure to bring Noriega down, Delvalle taped his ten-minute address the day before it was shown. U.S. Ambassador Arthur Davis assured the President that he and his family could count on American protection after the speech aired. The day of the broadcast, Delvalle sent his wife and three children to live in the U.S. embassy. He went back to his modest one-story home, which was protected by Panamanian troops...
...sports. In May the International Skating Union will meet to decide what, if anything, to do about compulsory figures. Some skaters and officials argue that figures are tedious to perform and consume practice time that could be better devoted to freestyle skating. Critics would like to see the figures count for less than 30% of the final mark, or perhaps even dropped. Others counter that trying to skate without mastering figures is like trying to write without learning the alphabet...
...exercise field, the group looked like an awkward, overage boot- camp platoon, learning how to bow, count off rapidly and report in a loud voice. "Shouting," says Fujimori, "makes every person know his own force or weakness." Spare time was spent in pairs or small groups shouting recitations and learning the lessons, including the salesman's ten commandments. Among them: "No shilly-shallying. Always be punctual"; "Completing an action without reporting it is worse than not doing it"; and "Promise yourself you will achieve the best results in the shortest time...
Most Tasteless Fans: Colgate. When Crimson freshman John Weisbrod was hurt up in Hamilton, N.Y., the Raider fans started a count down, like a boxing referee...