Word: details
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slight frown passes quickly as he describes the detail on an exactreplica of an 15th century English plaster ceiling in the Hyde Room, which houses a collection emphasizing the work of the Samuel Johnson. James Boswell circle. Books here and elsewhere will stand as Bond's permanent legacy-the brilliant acquisition he has made for Harvard...
...East conflict had so unmistakably borne the stamp of one man. He had been spoiling for the fight against the Palestine Liberation Organization since he became Defense Minister last August. He had intensively lobbied Prime Minister Menachem Begin and his Cabinet to approve it. He aggressively directed every logistical detail of it. And, in the end, Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, 54, will reap the rewards, or the blame, for the success or failure of the enterprise. The stakes were high: Sharon hopes to become Prime Minister of Israel one day. But brinkmanship has always been his game. As one veteran Israeli...
...another embarrassing incident, her entourage attended a North Korean diplomatic reception by mistake, thinking it was hosted by South Koreans. Morale has been so poor that two key staffers have quit in the past year, partly as a result of Kirkpatrick's lack of concern for administrative detail. That fact has not enhanced her status among foreign diplomats. Says a fellow ambassador: "She forgets that other people's time is worth as much to them as hers...
...clientele to the unfamiliar wonders of French haute cuisine. Through the inventiveness of the waiters, Le Show has evolved into a ritual of anticipation as each day's off-the-menu specials-often more than 15 dishes and as many sauces-are described and displayed in mouth-watering detail...
...geezer proved so popular that he began to star in his own stories in 1952, each one billed "Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge." It was collectors who first discovered Barks himself. The artist's narrative skills would have made him a stand out, but the detail of his drawing was what elevated him to the status of pop father figure. All his early jobs gave him a Rube Goldbergian fascination with mechanical comedy; his plots were researched the way a schoolboy would do a term paper-by turning to the National Geographic and Scientific American...