Word: faintness
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...still haunted by the memory of a right-wing dictatorship, perhaps even the stability of NATO's southern flank. The campaign had been spectacular and occasionally ugly, a succession of mammoth rallies, fiery oratory and occasional mudslinging. When the political chorus finally fell silent last week, there was a faint sense of relief in Western capitals. The paradoxical reason: Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 66, the charismatic Socialist whose belligerent rhetoric and obstructionist ways have tested alliance patience since 1981, was still securely in power...
Most people feel gossip's special fascination "as horror or as attraction," observes the author. "Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears about it a faint flavor of the erotic . . . Surely everyone feels -- although some suppress -- the same prurient interest in others' privacies, what goes on behind closed doors." Novelist Margaret Drabble is brought on to elevate the tone: "Much fiction operates in the spirit of inspired gossip. It speculates on little evidence, inventing elaborate and artistic explanations of little incidents and overheard remarks that often leave the evidence far behind." In that observation lies the key to this...
...Coke seems to retain the essential character of the original version in that it, too, imparts faint cocoa-cinnamon overtones and has a balanced, smooth body with no sharpness or overpowering flavor. However, it is sweeter than the original formula and also has a body that could best be described as lighter. It tastes a little like classic Coca-Cola that has been diluted by melting...
Caro Quintero has denied any part in the kidnapings and killings. When he appeared in court in Mexico City last week, his arms and right shoulder showed faint marks, which he said were the result of police beatings. In his confession, which he alleged had been obtained through torture, Caro Quintero said that he had bribed Mexican police and government officials with more than 1 billion pesos ($4.3 million) over the years. He revealed that he had paid a police commandant in Jalisco 60 million pesos ($261,000) for allowing him to take a private jet out of Guadalajara...
...pride never died. "The Communists have lost ground while I've been President," Johnson said in the fall of 1967. And there grew the faint hope that maybe the adversary would want to quit fighting and talk, and that, too, always seemed just beyond his reach. "I come to the office thinking Ho has to be on the line. But he isn't, and we can't fool ourselves about Ho. It's like an old cowboy used to say, 'There's no use being poor and stupid all your life when you can buy a pint of whiskey...