Word: greats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nassau County on Long Island is to Republicans what New York City is to Democrats--a good old boy, down and dirty, no apologies political machine. It is one of the last great political machines in America, living and breathing not in the trenches of urban politics but in the unlikely netherland of the Long Island suburbs...
...state's third-in-command, Flaherty would have a great impact on the next administration's effectiveness...
...said on the West Berlin radio station RIAS,"The leadership must make other steps to prove itis earnest in its reform efforts and to win thetrust of the people. The tension between thepeople and the party has never been so great astoday...
Wrong. Almost every great rivalry in the NFL is based on geographical proximity. There's only one exception to this rule: the Cowboys against the Redskins. But all the rest--Giants-Eagles, Giants-Redskins, Bears-Vikings, Bears-Packers, 49ers-Rams, Raiders-Chargers, Browns-Steelers--involve two cities near each other...
...echo. The direction of the echo and the elapsed time from transmission determine an object's location. Unlike relatively slow sound waves, radio signals travel at the speed of light and can circle the globe 7 1/2 times a second. Therefore, radar can almost instantly spot targets at great distances. Because it can see through clouds and at night, radar is superior to all other sensors, including optical, infrared, acoustic and magnetic...