Word: graying
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...relationship between the U.S. military command and the new Iraqi leadership remains something of a gray area, given the outcome of the election. Right now there is no "status of forces" agreement covering the conduct of U.S. forces in a sovereign Iraq, and some leaders of the Shiite alliance have suggested they will press for such an agreement...
...Senate offer was hardly encouraging. Said O'Neill: "I'm stubbornly opposed to any drop in COLAs this year or next year." New York Republican Jack Kemp blasted the oil-fee idea. "It hits consumers. It raises the cost of living. It's protectionist." But Pennsylvania Democrat William Gray, chairman of the House Budget Committee, was more cautious. Said he: "The question here is, Has the President now changed his position on revenues? Is the President prepared to support taxes?" If so, Gray added, "it's a new ball game...
...miles east of Johannesburg, to deliver a message to both black and white South Africans. He was Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of Johannesburg, the black South African who last year was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his long struggle against apartheid. Only two weeks before, the dynamic, gray-haired bishop had saved the life of a black suspected of being a police informer after an angry mob had seized the man, set his car ablaze and tried to throw him into the flames...
...only a few electric lights, and none in individual homes. Some have only one outside privy for a row of houses. Night soil is collected by a clanking tractor and trailer. The smoke of coal fires hangs in the air, softening the ugly outlines of the settlements behind a gray-brown veil...
...News section remains the untamed beast. From the start, USA Today editors decided to forgo the dutiful, gray Page One display of a traditional newspaper. "That was the easy part," recalls John Quinn, 59, the paper's editor. "But what should we put on instead? That's tough." The ideal mix, in Quinn's opinion, is a banner story across the top that grabs the reader's attention (SUPER HORSE JOHN HENRY PUT TO PASTURE headlined one issue last week). Another story tries to get a jump on the day's events (CHINA'S LI, REAGAN TALK PACTS TODAY...