Word: foe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long-range nuclear weapons. It was the signal for the great SALT II debate to begin in earnest. At stake is not just a treaty, but ten years of nuclear arms negotiations and the very nature of the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Friend and foe of the treaty in the Senate feel they have embarked, in the words of Republican Treaty Opponent Jesse Helms of North Carolina, "on what may be the most significant national debate of our time...
...recently has been taking more property off the tax rolls," the letter to the Board of Overseers states, citing as proof the University's purchase of the Continental Hotel and the refurbishing of a building on Sumner Rd. City councilor and former Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, a longtime foe of the University, demanded in January that Harvard increase its in-lieu-of-tax payment, later asked for a review of the tax-exempt status of the Biological Laboratories on the grounds that private funds were being used for research, and just two weeks ago sponsored a City Council motion...
...sold TIME his first and favorite cover portrait (of Jawaharlal Nehru). TIME'S most prolific cover artist, Chaliapin was also its swiftest: he was able to complete a portrait in seven to 15 hours, usually working from a photograph. A realistic painter, Chaliapin was an implacable and voluble foe of modern abstract art: "I want a linoleum design on the floor, not in a picture on the wall...
...realist, Bush is hoping for other, more flamboyant contenders to flame out; then he may strike some sparks. Bush would like to be everybody's No. 2 choice for President, not a farfetched wish for a politician who has no fanatical followers but loads of friends, scarcely a foe, and an impeccable record of public service: Navy fighter pilot during World War II, Texas Congressman, U.S. envoy to China, United Nations Ambassador, Republican National Chairman and CIA Director...
...fold mounted a three-stage counterattack. First, voodoo dolls of the heathen neighbors were stuck with needles, and bewitched fruits were planted in their gardens. One devotee claimed she was used as a naked altar, raped, and smeared with chicken blood, to be used later to curse the foe. In the poison phase, clotheslines were doused with smallpox serum, garden tomatoes with formic acid, and doorknobs with caustic concoctions. One of the five cultists on trial with the swami admitted popping a poisoned chocolate into a victim's mouth (disliking the flavor, the victim spat it out). In stage...