Word: headedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At his low point, annoyed teammates actually waved him out of the pivot. "I wasn't just window dressing," he says, "but I was headed that way. Your mind is what makes everything else work. Mine was on other years. But I think I've turned it up a notch...
The call was between President Bush, who has promised his Administration will avoid even the "appearance" of wrong-doing; "ethics czar" C. Boyden Gray, who has been accused of violating ethics rules because he recently received money from his family business; and Secretary of Defense nominee John G. Tower, whom...
Why was it so cold? While winters are always frigid in the high latitudes of Alaska and Canada, the cold is usually mitigated by warm winds from the Pacific Ocean. This year, though, a mass of cold air called the Omega Block blew in from Siberia and settled over Alaska...
The revolt abruptly ended the 34-year rule of Stroessner, an autocrat who had shown every promise of realizing the dream of all dictators: to die in bed, holding power to the end. There had been only the slightest intimations that Stroessner's days were numbered. Despite close personal ties...
But a greater shock was to come. The Republican Party, a tiny far-right grouping founded in 1983 and headed by a former SS officer, emerged with a surprising 7.5% of the vote. The showing not only secured the Republicans their first eleven seats in the 138-member city legislature...