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...that "I use humor to wake people up," he has often used it to cut them up. In 1974 he barely won re- election to the Senate over Dr. William Roy, a Topeka obstetrician, in one of the nastiest campaigns in Kansas history. Says Roy, who shares Dole's flair for vindictive rhetoric: "He was a slasher and a cutter. You almost felt he cut for the pleasure of cutting." Recalling how Dole ranted about "Democrat wars" when he was Gerald Ford's vice-presidential running mate, some analysts still argue that his hot and highly partisan style may have...
...management shake-up comes at a particularly difficult time for Thompson. Like all other agencies, it has recently been buffeted by a spate of mergers that has intensified competition in an already brutal business. But Thompson faces special problems. While the agency is admired for its creative flair, Thompson's pretax profit margins are estimated to be only about half the industry average. One likely reason for the poor performance: Thompson has been slow to cut costs and lay off workers...
...Bill Pogue and Conley Elms, chasing a poacher, trekked to Dallas' winter quarters at Bull Camp, a secluded stretch of sage about 110 miles south of Boise. They confronted Dallas and searched his camp, where they discovered deer meat and bobcat hides. Pogue, a no-nonsense officer with a flair for pen-and-ink sketches, told the poacher he'd broken the game laws. An argument ensued. Though Dallas claims Pogue started to draw first, the jumpy poacher blasted Pogue with his .357 Ruger Security-Six revolver, then spun and nailed Elms. He finished them off with a .22 Marlin...
CRIME STORY (NBC). The two-hour premiere episode was a fierce and stylish update of The Untouchables. Succeeding shows have lost some originality and flair, but this latest series by Producer Michael Mann (Miami Vice) still makes most other cop shows look like wimps...
...instance, to anyone with a flair for chemistry, understanding the meanings of most terms found on the outside of commercially-packaged food or health-care products pose little problem. Partially hydrogenated soybean oil is simply oil extracted from soybeans, which contains several double-bonded carbon atoms per molecule, that has been reacted with hydrogen and a catalyst. This process breaks some of the double bonds, enabling a few more of the carbon atoms to accept electrons from the hydrogen. Partial or complete hydrogenation is performed to make a substance remain solid at higher temperatures...