Word: discoverer
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Harry Truman was far more bellicose in his private notes and letters, it is now known, than he was in public. A President's private thoughts need not always influence his public actions. The speech to the evangelicals was simply Ronald Reagan opening his heart, quieting his New Right constituents...
Just as it has been slow to discover tax evaders, the IRS has been slow to prosecute them. Between 1972 and 1982, the total number of cases recommended for criminal prosecution rose only from 1,795 to 2,297, and the number who pleaded no contest or were found guilty...
Glowing with moral indignation, the Presi dent applied brimstone, aiming sulfurous blasts at the Soviet Union. "There is sin and evil in the world. And we are enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might . . . America has kept alight the torch of freedom . . . Let...
Research done by Vietnamese scientists indicates a link between exposure to dioxin-faced Agent Orange and birth defects of offspring born to males who were exposed to the chemical American researchers, however, have yet to discover such a link.
But this is opera, after all--as is evident when, just as the Count is about to discover Cherubino in the Countess's boudoir, everyone stops and sings for 40 minutes. Thus numerous small discontinuities seem unimportant and even proper. The English translation by Elizabeth McNary, for example, has moments...