Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This has nothing to do with whether Pat's Pats deserve a shot at the world championship, though I doubt they do. Rather, it has to do with the fact that to deprive America of what it really wants, what it really needs--a Dolphin-Bear title game--would be akin to depriving it of a Yankee-Dodger World Series in lieu of a Mariner-Giant baseball battle, akin to depriving it of a Celtic-Laker Championship in lieu of a Cavalier-Maverick hoop hoedown, or akin to depriving it of an Ali-Frazier replay in lieu...
...current member of the Board of Overseers was not optimistic about the group's chances. "I don't think someone committed to a platform could be very effective. Most people voting for the Board of Overseers try to get diversity, so I doubt many people will vote for them," said Overseer Theodore Chase...
There is not a more daft, more original or haunting vision to be seen on American movie screens this year. But until last week there was considerable doubt as to when, if ever, Brazil would find its way into a U.S. movie house. For months the film had been held hostage in the continuing guerrilla war between movie artists and the industry that bankrolls their dreams. In Hollywood, such skirmishes are usually waged behind paneled doors and result in compromises, ulcers and the final sullen handshake. But Director Terry Gilliam is no gentleman warrior. Finding his picture in distribution limbo...
Glynn's technique is freewheeling and effective. As all successful developers of surreal estate know, the best investment is in facts, details, odds and ends of the real world. There is little doubt that most of the + brutal and absurd acts that the author embellishes can be documented in newspapers and police blotters. If you think it is impossible to steal a roof, check it out. Is Glynn exaggerating when he writes headlines like LANDLORD TOSSES OUT EPILEPTIC AND DEAF-MUTE . . . SHE SHAKES, HE CAN'T HEAR, THEY GET BOOT? Only slightly...
...ministers appointed a committee to consider strategies. When the market continued to plummet, the ministers finally restored order by making soothing remarks. Said Alirio Parra, the chief adviser to Venezuela's oil minister: "We are astounded by the way the market has reacted." While individual members will no doubt continue to make under-the-table discounts, as they have for several years, no official price cuts are likely to come until the group meets again in February or March...