Word: eves
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan never followed through on the plan, partly because the U.S. became sidetracked in Lebanon. And on the eve of an American election, neither the incumbent nor his challenger wants to risk votes with any talk that sounds even euphemistically like "pressure on Israel." The fact that they avoided the central issue of the Middle East is a reminder of how that critical area of American foreign policy is an almost permanent victim of U.S. domestic politics...
...Paul; he advised wives to subjugate themselves to their husbands and for husbands to protect "the weaker vessel." In this case and many others, Fraser indicates how the established church reinforced the image of women as morally and physically inferior. For example, women's prayers often included "Grandmother Eve," from whom all women were said to have inherited the original sin. Yet much of Fraser's book reveals how the 17th century was a time of change, even for women in the most static of institutions...
...only major complaint with Persian Gulf is that, once in a while, they seem to form their melodies around the lyrics rather than vice versa. As a result, parts of their songs (especially "Pieces of Eve"), can seem stilted or forced. Otherwise, however, this is a band with something to say. It's too bad that the majority of American listeners will never hear...
Both sides affected a carefree attitude on the eve of the debate. Reagan shrugged that he was "as ready as I'll ever be," as he stepped off Air Force One into a steady rain in Louisville. Mondale chatted with reporters on his campaign plane, pretending to cringe and bite his knuckles when asked if he was nervous. Told that 120 million people around the world were expected to watch the debate, he cracked, "Gee, that's larger than my average crowd...
First: I' faith, methinks I spied Master Garvey among the groundlings to see Paul Winfield play the tragical Moor in Othello on the very eve that the Padres clinchethed the westernmost division of the National League...