Word: harped
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...within the Administration itself, who steadfastly oppose any tax hikes. Feldstein's mistake seems to be that he has been vocal in his support of the plan, something which the administration does not savor. Disagreement has centered, then, not on policy but on politics; the Chairman's propensity to harp publicly on the importance of decreasing the deficit has caused disaffection in Washington among officials who him that the Economics department professor is "playing to Harvard" and seeking to maintain "academic largely" in the midst of the President's economic programs. But what this recent rift reveals is perhaps something...
...hand. There are several reasons for this. First, a lot of self-proclaimed leftists supported sending U.S. troops to Lebanon last fall. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) went even further, supporting U.S. arms shipments to Israel for Zionist slaughter of the Palestinian people. Secondly, the reformists want to harp on Reagan's violation of "international law" and ignore or cheerlead his "war on communism." The Reaganites glory in "illegal" "covert" actions like the raids on Nicaragua so long as they are successful. The bellicose Democratic Party "doves" raise a stink over "illegalities" only so they can wield their constitutional...
What remained constant in Mao was his iron will, the invincible conviction of his own righteousness. Political analysts harp on two words: "speed" and "struggle." Mao had acquired the lust for speed in the last year of the revolution. In the fall of 1948 the commander in chief of his Manchurian strike forces, Marshal Lin Biao, had seized the key city of Shenyang (Mukden); but so many of Chiang Kai-shek's combat divisions were still at large in Manchuria that Lin Biao preferred to move with caution. Mao overruled him. Strike for the escape ports of Manchuria, he said...
...Turner's harp is composed of 59 ordinary goblets filled with water. They range in size from bulbous brandy snifters to delicate cordial glasses. He creates sound by rubbing his wet fingers around their rims to create a vibration...
...harp is not extremely mobile and must be refilled for every performance. Turner carries three glasses that are perfectly pitched empty to tune the instrument...