Word: felted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Specter was considered one of three undecided Senators on the 14-member panel. During a tough, often dazzling interrogation of the nominee, he seemed to be leaning away from Bork. But last week, after the Senator grilled pro- and anti-Bork witnesses with equal vigor, the judge's supporters felt Specter was inclining their way. Specter was characteristically cryptic. Although he challenged Bork's shifting positions on civil rights and women's issues, he told conservative Economist Thomas Sowell that the judge's more recent moderate statements "may well warrant confirmation. I'm not saying...
...state enjoy, at the best of times, a somewhat uneasy balance of power. In Communist Europe, where a fierce sense of religious tradition coexists with a firm sense of political exigency, the mighty opposites struggle within an especially complex marriage of convenience. The frictions between their competing claims are felt most urgently perhaps by the powers at the head of the church. Divided loyalties become a double cross to bear...
...quake was felt as far away as Las Vegas, Nev., 250 miles to the northeast. It knocked dishes off shelves in the Victor Valley, 70 miles to the northeast, and shook the ground in El Cajon, in San Diego County to the south...
...felt almost as if I were watching some spectator sport. Although I did not see it happen, I heard later on the news that occasionally some people in the crowd would applaud and whistle as the government troops stepped up their attack...
...really tough," Butcher said. "If I am going to play, I am going to give it 100 percent. But I wasn't going to be in a good contributing position [for the football team]. I felt I would be shortchanging myself and the team...