Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Republicans whispered contemptuously about what they described as his sanctimonious air. "Hatch is not a team player," a Senate Republican grumbled. In a more public backlash, the conservative National Review recently dubbed Hatch a "Latter-Day Liberal," a play on his Mormon religion that Hatch found offensive. As the fray mounted, one of the bill's co-sponsors, Robert Bennett of Utah, dropped...
...heat on tobacco shows no sign of lessening. With 22 states in the fray so far, others are certain to join in. And companies face more than a dozen private class-action suits and hundreds of individual lawsuits. At the same time, cigarette makers--minus Liggett--will soon troop to court in Greensboro, North Carolina, to hear a judge's decision on whether to allow new fda rules that say tobacco billboards must be at least 1,000 ft. from schools and that require young smokers to show photo...
...fervor. During a 1957 visit to Moscow, Mao took Khrushchev aside and pointed out the diminutive Deng: "See that little man there? He's highly intelligent and has a great future ahead of him." Nevertheless, one of the most devastating, man-made catastrophes of the 20th century would fray their comradeship and wound China almost mortally...
...list of 10 was whittled down to two. Ultimately, for my third elective, I chose a course in my concentration. This decision did not exactly meet my goal of making my studies more well rounded, but my concentration seemed so safe and familiar--in contrast to the shopping fray. For my fourth course I chose a Core offering--in an area I had already fulfilled. When I filed my study card, I had attended that class for approximately 20 minutes total over the course of the three lectures that had been held. The first day I was not even able...
...accounts, a life of dining with casually chic moguls does not seem to be one Judge is avidly pursuing. He has made a choice to live away from the fray of show-business capitals. With the help of video-conferencing and other technology, he oversees both TV series--King is produced in Los Angeles and Beavis in New York City--from his office in Austin. His wife Francesca stays home with the couple's two daughters, one five and the other two, neither of whom gets to weigh in on their father's work because they aren't permitted...