Word: eves
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Almost simultaneously, Warsaw Pact Commander Marshal Viktor Kulikov, speaking on the eve of a Soviet bloc foreign ministers' meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, outlined the retaliatory measures Moscow is prepared to take in the event of deployment. Kulikov vowed that the Soviets would "deploy additional nuclear weapons to offset NATO'S growing nuclear might in Europe and we shall take corresponding countermeasures with regard to U.S. territory." It was another explicit warning that Moscow is prepared to introduce new missiles into Eastern Europe and mount new cruise-type missiles on refurbished submarines that could patrol U.S. coastal waters. Though...
...eve of his 38th birthday last week, Palmer won the Series' third game (3-2) in relief of Flanagan, as the Phillies' 300-game-winner Steve Carlton had the unusual experience of being caught from behind. Palmer, for most of this year a "nonperson," his own phrase, is contemplating a change of address himself after 19 seasons. Unlike Rose, though, Palmer has been in unfailingly fine humor. "I thought we had an illegal mound in Baltimore, but that [Veterans Stadium] mound must be 25 inches high. I almost fell over on the first pitch. No wonder Carlton...
...Lucey says it was difficult for Kennedy "to get a fair hearing from the press during the hostage crisis. Jimmy was staying in the Rose Garden and looking very Presidential," he adds. After Kennedy's concession on the eve of the Democratic Convention. Lucey walked out of the forum, to avoid feeling committed to support the Democratic nominee...
...book is divided into two parts, the first written by Province, the second compiled by him. In the first half, the author discusses the more famous incidents in Patton's career, reconstructing, for example, the speech Patton gave on the eve of D-Day, and giving the background to "The Slapping Incidents." One regrets the absence of footnotes or dates, which turns the fascinating quotes given in the book into the very questions the book is supposed to resolve. The lack of scholarly notation is especially felt in the chapter called "The Philosophy," which consists entirely of quotes culled from...
EVER SINCE Adam and Eve took a bite out of forbidden knowledge, there has always been a strong tension between religion and education. Scholars of the European Renaissance confronted this split when they tore down the rigid ecclesiastical dogma of their day, scientists witnessed its revival during the 18th century Enlightenment, and amid fundamentalist revivals, humanists of the 20th century still feel it today. Parents may push their children to get good grades and go to church on Sunday, but any disciple of the Divinity School can tell you that the connection between religious and secular education is, at best...