Word: exceptionality
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...diplomatic offensive was the fact that the Western allies presented an almost united front. Only one week earlier, when Washington mounted a nighttime air strike on Libya, its most devastating bombing attack since Viet Nam, the U.S. had been actively supported by none of its European friends except British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Rifts in the alliance still remain, as evidenced by the European Community's refusal to close the People's Bureaus altogether, which Washington and London had urged (see following story). Nonetheless, the diplomatic assault on Libyans suggested that these differences are not insurmountable. "People have been coming...
...Except during the duke's wartime service as Governor of the Bahamas, the couple looped constantly around the international social circuit. His faintly flashy clothes and her severe elegance became fashion standards. When she stopped wearing hats, so did everyone else. Wherever they went, with their large personal staff, mountains of luggage and pet dogs, they were accorded the regal status denied them in Britain. In return they offered the world a romantic fantasy of elegance and wealth...
...entertainment side, the new economy kick is taking many forms. Actors and other on-air talent for such ABC-produced daytime shows as Good Morning America and the afternoon soaps will, according to a recent company edict, be limited to 5% salary increases, except in special cases. Producers are also feeling the pressure. Esther Shapiro, executive producer of Dynasty, decided against Arledge hiring a high-priced actor for her show this season when the task of get ting company approval proved too onerous. Before the takeover, ABC gave its top-rated sitcom Who's the Boss? $50,000 to shoot...
...know it sounds impossible." On the subject of impossibilities, consider three hits, 18 men retired in a row and a 1-0 victory that ended on a strikeout. "When I struck Rance Mulliniks out," Leonard says, "it was like I finally was home. Everyone ran out on the field except Mick, and he was the one I was waiting for." In the dugout, the pitcher pressed the ball into his trainer's hand...
...superpower rivalry is so profound that it defies systematic accommodation in all areas except one: regulation of the military competition. The game of nuclear one-upmanship is the outward manifestation of their essentially political conflict. Instead of using nuclear weapons to fight, the two sides have learned to use them to maneuver for political advantage and, at the same time, to diminish the danger of catastrophic conflict. That peculiar exercise in sublimation is what arms control is all about...