Word: elements
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...Reagan returned to the Broadway stage to pay tribute, along with Robert Preston, Lillian Gish, Carol Channing and Helen Hayes, to Martin, and the response this time was thunderous applause. The First Lady instantly won over the capacity audience by announcing, "I'm a little out of my element. I really don't go around the White House singing." Then, her clear alto voice quavering a bit, she began the tune Mountain High, Valley Low from Lute Song. Toward the end of the refrain, Martin joined in, and the two finished with their arms around each other, beaming. The First...
...Donald Nanney, a factory manager of R.J. Reynolds'. Only a few years ago, such a vote would have seemed unnecessary. Economic recessions came and went, prices continually climbed, but Americans always kept buying more and more cigarettes. Today, though, while the $18 billion tobacco industry remains very profitable, the element of predictability is gone. The industry is facing a spate of product-liability suits and, for the first time in its history, a period of declining consumption. Unit sales peaked in 1981, when Americans puffed on 640 billion cigarettes. By the end of this year, consumption is expected...
...lifted the pipeline sanctions. But on March 8, 1983, Reagan reverted to his earlier themes, castigating the Soviet Union as "an evil empire." Soviet diplomats still refer bitterly to the speech. That same month the President proposed his Star Wars missile defense scheme, which has developed into a major element in U.S. strategic planning and a persistent obstacle to any new arms agreement...
...American actors’ lack of nuance. Carell fails to bring the childlike vulnerability to his boss that made Brent almost human; Carell’s creation is more caricature, and the utter lack of sympathy he evokes in the audience seems to leave out a crucial element of the original series. And the Dwight character lacks the sweetness that made Gareth less than unbearable...
When Cahow is on the ice, she is in her element. After beginning the year on offense, Cahow shifted to the back, where she scored one of Harvard’s three goals in Harvard’s loss in the March 27 women’s NCAA championship game. Cahow assisted on Nicole Corriero’s opening goal in Crimson’s 4-1 win in the NCAA semifinals over St. Lawrence and totaled six goals and 29 assists for the 2004-05 season...