Word: exertions
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...arrested by accident or manacled to his genetic linkage. But as Medved's thorough probings indicate, the doctors, nurses and attendants are not wardens. They are far more authoritative: they are descendants of an ancient caste of magician-priests who, despite exposés and malpractice suits, still exert a vital influence on our bodies, to say nothing of our imaginations...
...slowly thawing relationship is the result of a shift away from China's isolationism. In flirting with Moscow, the Chinese hope to exert some influence over Soviet policy, while pressuring the Reagan Administration to be more outspoken in its support of Peking. The move is also regarded as a natural extension of China's attempt to become more involved in world trade in order to develop its backward economy. Says a U.S. analyst: "The real mystery is why this has not happened before...
...churches to veto liquor licenses within a 500-ft. radius of the church is not surprising. The case was a clear-cut example of violation of church-state separation. More fascinating though is the glimpse the whole case gives of a few local churches, waning in influence, trying to exert a little supposed moral leadership by using the power of the state...
...invited to Moscow, where he had a rare interview with Yuri Andropov, then head of the KGB. Chatting over dinner in fluent English, Andropov pressed Hambleton to enter Canadian politics. "It was a great honor," Hambleton told British authorities. "I got the feeling he wanted me to exert influence on behalf of Russia, rather than spy." In 1979 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police finally raided his house, finding NATO documents and spying paraphernalia, including a high-speed code receiver. But after questioning, Hambleton was released on the grounds that his spying did not directly affect Canadian security. That decision...
...association with Jordan, hard-liners strongly opposed it because it does not provide for an independent Palestinian state. The P.L.O.'s attack on the Reagan plan was fine with Begin, who has denounced it ever since it was offered last September, because he wants to continue to exert Israeli control over the occupied territories...