Word: hand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wish I could rewrite the past, but unfortunately I can't," said Mack, probably the most influential staffer on Capitol Hill. Insisted Speaker Wright, who loses his right-hand man as he faces a bitter survival struggle over his ethics problems: "I was willing to give this young man another chance, and I have never had occasion to regret...
CARSWELL'S further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand; "doubtless," "obvious," "unquestionable," on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, antiacademic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous...
Opposition leaders say their candidate, Guillermo Endaro, easily defeated Noriega's hand-picked candidate, Carlos Duque, in the presidential race. Endaro and other opposition candidates were severely beaten by Noriega supporters during protests that followed the election debacle...
...weapons have never made sense, especially concentrated in West Germany, the putative battlefield where World War III would begin. If American tactical missiles were ever fired in anger, they would raise mushroom clouds over German territory and probably kill more local civilians than foreign invaders. If, on the other hand, the missiles were not fired, they would become irresistible targets for devastating pre-emptive strikes by the enemy. Hence the bitter saying in Bonn, "The shorter the range, the deader the German...
...only called for a restoration of the Luxor Temple but also a halt to urban encroachments on all archaeological sites. If Mubarak does throw his power behind preservation, he may encourage the Egyptians to take charge of their own priceless heritage and other nations to lend a hand as well. After all, if the monuments of the Pharaonic civilization are allowed to crumble, the whole world will share the loss...