Word: foe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upon his sturdy 5'11", 195-pound frame, he will bear the hopes of a team and a college that yearn for victory again. Victory, after two straight years of losing to the foul foe from New Haven. Victory, after posting a lamentable 2-7 record this season...
...limits of presidential leadership by example will be whether the nation begins to emulate Clinton's nocturnal body clock. Aides joke that Clinton runs on "Elvis standard time," valiantly struggling to avoid any event that requires his presence before 9 a.m. Never will power breakfasts have such a militant foe in the Oval Office...
...should not be hard to pronounce; these days it is hard to avoid. Rush (friend and foe alike are on a first-name basis) talks about political and social issues for 15 hours a week, and 13 million listeners tune in on 529 radio stations. He writes a book of his opinions -- a $22 souvenir program, really, of the radio show -- and it sits for weeks atop the New York Times best-seller list; with 1.1 million copies in print a month after its publication date, The Way Things Ought to Be is the hottest hard-cover nonfiction title since...
...editor of the photo books is Robert Eisenman, religion chairman of California State University at Long Beach, inveterate foe of the official team and idiosyncratic theorist. Eisenman assumes the Gospels were completed in the 2nd century, although most scholars today date them considerably closer to the time of Jesus. He consequently views the Dead Sea Scrolls as a more authentic account of primitive Christianity than the Gospels...
...inspectors in search of weapons documents out of the Agriculture Ministry for 18 days, then allowing them inside only after insisting that no Americans could be on the team, Saddam was able to portray himself as a leader on the comeback trail, tenacious and triumphant even against a superpower foe. Senior U.S. and British officials believe that one reason Saddam provoked the showdown was to assert his authority after uncovering a coup plot two months ago that resulted in 200 executions. If Saddam can embarrass Bush and contribute to a Republican defeat in November, the Iraqi President will exact delicious...