Word: fold
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...yeah, the full-court press. Its effectiveness has been dubious this season. But for a lumbering team like Dartmouth, it can wreck havoc. The Big Green has a tendency, in the words of James, "to fold under pressure...
...regularly writes to the prisoners: "We may never hear from them but we keep writing, for years." She rejoices that now for the first time Russian writers are in PEN and Czech writers are back in the fold. "It's a labor of Sisyphus," she sighs. "Just as they are let out in Russia, they've increased in Turkey and Kenya...
Syria thus becomes the next to last of the 17 Arab countries to welcome Egypt back into the fold. In recent months, Assad has felt increasingly isolated, especially after the Soviet Union served notice that it would no longer support his aim of strategic parity with Israel. Now only Libya lacks diplomatic relations with Egypt, but even Tripoli is making an attempt to smooth its dealings with Cairo: last October Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi paid his first visit to Egypt in 16 years to meet with Mubarak. By all accounts the session was businesslike but amicable...
Andreas Kippe of West Germany's ADAC Auto Club has a favorite. "How many workers does it take to build a Trabi? Answer: two, one to fold and one to paste." But Kippe says the ribbing is all part of West Germany's tough love for the ungainly auto. "Some of these jokes sound nasty," says Kippe, "but people who love each other make jokes about each other." In fact, ADAC's emergency service aids any Trabi in trouble, free of charge...