Word: fraying
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...Francisco decision was that it came from outside the chummy, clubby atmosphere pervading college sports--beyond the tightly knit coterie of coaches, athletic directors, alumni, and sports writers and broadcasters. The will to roll back the abuses of the system can only come from those above the fray--from college presidents, boards of trustees, and perhaps even from the state legislatures who control the purse strings of the major state schools and their football factories...
Sperry has been trying to stay above the fray by ignoring Timberland's offensive. Sperry's ads stress the "classic" and "traditional" aspects of its shoe. After all, it really is just not preppie to pay much attention to the competition...
...last moment, Althea refuses to sign a marriage contract that provides $200,000 for her odious mother and nothing for herself. While her fiance rushes off to get drunk, the bride-to-be makes love to Stavros in her wedding gown and precipitates an unforgettable four-wall fray for all. Yet all's wealthy that ends wealthy. While his old flame marries on her own terms (he is not invited to the wedding), Stavros, now 42, lands a 40% interest in Sarrafian. At war's end he sets off for Greece in all the rugs-to-riches splendor...
...prepared to cross Israeli lines. The President and his Foreign Minister, Fuad Butros, did not cross Israeli lines either. Like jet pilots dazzled by the beauty of their air strikes but insulated from the effects of their actions, the two remained in the hills above and beyond the fray. At one point, when Wazzan telephoned the President from West Beirut, he wryly asked Sarkis if he was suffering from the shortage of water and power. The palace, of course, had not been affected...
...midnight to 1 a.m., featuring Interviewer Phil Donahue, and a CBS marathon from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. that will lead into the network's Morning News from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. CBS was first to announce its move, but it will be the last into the fray. Claims a CBS executive: "We want to get it right the first time...