Word: exerts
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...years, "even if everyone else considered that gardening was a sign of a diseased mind and uncouth habits." Yet Lacy is convinced that whatever motive draws gardeners in, whether vanity or foolishness or the need to bury their treasure in the ground, the actual experience outdoors will come to exert its own pull. "I know nobody who has given it up, except for reasons of infirmity, advancing age and incapacity," he says. "It holds the attention firmly, because there is always something new to learn, new discoveries to make." People who want a garden because the neighbor...
...College, and will soon be in a position to pull the purse-strings of the College shut if you don't reverse your decision. Our new arms-for-management-consulting-work deal with a prominent Middle Eastern supplier is also putting us in a position to one day exert military pressure on University Hall. We're training in Soldiers Field Park this summer. Consider our might carefully, Dean Jewett...
...Christian Coalition one of the most powerful grass-roots organizations in American politics. Its 1.6 million active supporters and $25 million annual budget, up from 500,000 activists and a $14.8 million budget just two years ago, hold a virtual veto on the Republican nominee for President, and will exert an extraordinary influence over who will occupy the Oval Office beginning in 1997. In fact, Reed's success represents the most thorough penetration of the secular world of American politics by an essentially religious organization in this century. To some, this ascendancy evokes more ancient spirits -- say, that of 17th...
...Armenia police habitually raid editorial offices. In Romania journalists are often under surveillance. In Slovakia a proposed law would provide one- to five-year jail sentences for journalists who "demean" the country from abroad. In Poland, the Czech republic and Hungary the situation is better, but everywhere governments exert pressure by controlling paper supplies, distribution facilities and especially broadcast licenses...
Congress and President Clinton must exert pressure on the military and the C.I.A. to declassify documents dealing with Guatemala. Congress should also hold public hearings to expose the whole truth. The Guatemala killers and the Americans who are complicit in their atrocities must be punished...