Word: crisps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committed with them helplessly in tow reads like a thriller. (It's also one case Dershowitz has yet to win.) He does spend a little too much time harking back to his Brooklyn roots in Boro Park, and his puns inspire cringes. But on the whole, it's surprisingly crisp, and modest...
...much what the witness said, but the way he said it that impressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In eleven hours of questioning over two days, he was outwardly calm, almost serene. His replies came quickly, in crisp, even tones. They were terse, sometimes merely a clipped "Yes" to senatorial inquiries that were often more speech than question. He had two bulging briefcases at his feet, but never once reached into them to search for a paper that would provide an answer. Confident, but with no hint of arrogance, George Pratt Shultz, 61, provided a reassuring display of his Washington...
...grounds that they did not go far enough toward solving the Palestinian problem. At 46, Hussein remains physically trim; what is left of his hair has turned gray, edged with pure white. Like the King's British-style mustache, his English during the hourlong interview was crisp, neat and unambiguous. Excerpts...
...help solve. He had vowed to take charge of U.S. foreign policy. Having done so, Haig inevitably saw each challenge to his authority, each questioning of his wisdom and experience as a battle to be waged and won. A general as well as diplomat, he yearned to snap out crisp orders and enjoy the quick responses. He tended to look at the world as an army commander would look at a battlefield, measuring supply lines, possible alliances and the adversary's ability to inflict or withstand judgment...
Shortly before 6, the dining room at Le Français has reached a state of burnished perfection. Above, dark wood beams and bronze chandeliers. Below, fresh flowers, crisp linen, the gleam of silver and crystal. Doris Banchet, the German-born wife of the chef, appears by the entrance in a chic black dress adorned with a golden rooster brooch, "the sign of good cuisine," she explains. Now it is the waiters, formal in their tuxedos, who take over, announcing the program and pacing the elaborate performance. The first guests arrive: James and Judy Horn, a pair of young Chicago...