Word: crab
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...David far behind him, he was suddenly everywhere, talking officially and informally on a variety of subjects. With his family, he strolled and quipped his way through Lafayette Square Park ("Perfectly safe. No problem when you've got about ten Secret Service agents with you"), dined out on Crab Rangoon at Trader Vic's, invited newsmen into the Oval Office to overhear decisions of state, and advised Richard Helms, his new ambassador to Iran, that Iranian caviar was "the best in the world." Between the pleasantries and the public appearances, he also made and talked policy...
Cambridge and Oxford jumped to early leads as Harvard caught a starboard-side crab at the second start. A quarter of the way through the 2000 meter race, the Crimson took over the lead and, rowing continuously at a 36, held...
...Crab loves people. Once he's grabbed you with his pincers, he won't let go until you croak...
...cynical patient in Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward, the statement conveys the fatalism that many people feel about the congeries of diseases called cancer. One out of every four Americans can expect to develop the disease during his lifetime. Despite this toll, there is evidence that the crab's grip is at last being loosened...
...site for a meeting with Japan's new Premier Kakuei Tanaka. Before the meeting began, he attended another grand party at the Kahala home of Clare Boothe Luce, where more than 600 business, civic and political leaders of Hawaii enjoyed a mixed buffet of sushi, sashimi, shrimp, king crab and smoked salmon. Everyone laughed when Nixon declared: "This is not a political affair...