Word: farely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...under a huge white banner proclaiming: WELCOME SHAH. Somewhat older and better dressed than the dissidents, most were also overseas Iranian nationals who had flown in from around the country. Many were reluctant to say who had paid their expenses; a few openly said that they had received air fare, hotel accommodation and a bonus $100 bill from representatives of the Iranian government...
...year-old system of export subsidies and import duties was anathema to Begin, who during his election campaign had promised less government interference in the economy. Instead, said Begin's top aide, Yehiel Kadishai, "we are going from a welfare state to a state where workers will fare well...
While many American students now show up ill-prepared or the rigors of college, their European counterparts fare better. Many U.S. universities often allow British and French students to enter as sophomores. Few Soviet students enter U.S. colleges as undergraduates, but the best Russian teen-agers are probably also better drilled in the basics. A look at school systems in the three countries...
Dylan Thomas' haunting words about death are not usual newspaper fare, but they provided a poignantly apt beginning for the debut of Jory Graham's new column last July. Her twice-a-month appearances in the Chicago Daily News entitled "A time to live ..." are written for those who live under the shadow of death-either their own or that of someone close to them. As she wryly points out, Graham, 50, is herself on that "endangered list." An attractive, soft-spoken author and public relations counsel, she has lost both breasts to cancer, and this year learned...
...battle with the women, however, the male legislators will probably do nothing about the motto. Which brings to mind a loose translation of an adage from Winston Churchill that Maryland's lawmakers might adopt as their own before things reach a showdown: Parlare, parlare, e sempre meglio che fare la guerra, fare la guerra. Or, in the original English, "To jaw-jaw is always better than...