Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colonel would pull off that kind of stuff?" Others are not so sure about that. "You think it's inconceivable that Ollie did all this on his own?" says a White House official with no great affection for the colonel. "Then you don't know Ollie North. He can fix you with those innocent blue eyes and tell the biggest lies with a straight face." North claims that he twice offered to resign this year when congressional inquiries into private contra funding discomfited the White House...
...Sears himself was dumped. After being nominated for Attorney General, Meese faced harsh congressional questions regarding his personal finances. Despite calls to withdraw the nomination, Reagan stuck by his old friend. Now, with serious cracks appearing in his Administration, Reagan has turned once again to his all-purpose Mr. Fix...
...drew up a clause for a man who wanted his wife to remain slim, so the marriage contract said she would pay a fine if she gained weight, refundable upon weight loss. It's probably legally binding. Weitzman wants to see "liquidated damages." If the hubby is supposed to fix the plumbing and doesn't, he would have to pay the value of that service as a fine...
...like it, but given that it exists, it's too short," cager Co-Captain Keith Webster says. "The NCAA is trying to fix something that wasn't broken...
...should liken Ivan Boesky with the gangsters who fix the crap games. Both seem to have a knack for reducing the imposed sentence, if not escaping its very intent. Furthermore, with both types of crime the victim is unaware of being--a victim...