Word: dewar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cute. "Let's get married," he says, almost as soon as he meets her. "O.K.," she says. On their wedding day, an anonymous old man (Sydney Walker) gives Rita a congratulatory kiss . . . and things start to go sour. On their honeymoon, she doesn't drink; Rita was a Dewar's girl. Before, she was forgetful; now she is an amnesiac. Suddenly she is fastidious in her lovemaking. To Peter, Rita seems another person. Isn't everyone, really, when the musk of courtship has evaporated and people stop playing at being their most attractive selves...
...country. The extreme option would be reconquest of Bosnian territory already taken over by the Serbs. Some British sources estimate that would require at least 300,000 troops and up to a year of intense battle. "In the gulf war, the allies' high-tech stuff worked well," says Michael Dewar, deputy director of London's International Institute of Strategic Studies. But in mountain guerrilla warfare, "smart weapons are of little use. It would mean tough infantry combat from tree to tree...
...Dewar's Scotch "Profile" advertisementwidely published in magazines described him as"Energetic, warm, penetrating. Driven by a thirstfor new knowledge that may lead to new truths...
...time of the Medgar Evers episode, manyconsidered Counter to be a leader in theAfrican-American community. He had already beenfeatured in the Dewar's ad, and his new book andfilm from his arctic trips--The North PoleLegacy Black, White and Eskimo--received aspecial NAACP Image award...
...Soviet atomic scientists and weapons designers, either already unemployed or about to lose their job, will sell their bomb- building skills to foreign countries eager to become nuclear powers. "Just half a dozen could make a crucial difference" to the weapons program of a Third World nation, says Michael Dewar, deputy director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies...