Word: homework
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would do better than the bigwigs on the inside. When they cheated him of victory and threatened his life if he kicked about it, he kicked and won, noticing along the way that he could count on "the people" against their delinquent public servants. He excelled at his homework. Having promised to read every bill brought up before the state senate, he ran into 2,300 of them. So he took a speed-reading course and read them all, in the process learning a great deal about government machinery-and the risk of making promises. An early Carter speech...
...casual as his boss. Jordan slid his red canvas chair next to Carter and handed over one of the books, reading along with him so closely that his head was almost touching Carter's shoulder. For two hours, looking a little like a father and son discussing homework problems, the two of them ran through the list of candidates for every top Cabinet job in the Government. From time to time Carter raised some worries: they still had too few top women, too few good names on the Treasury list. Carter pulled out his own log, a red notebook...
...furor in the Tweede Kamer was instantaneous and may not die down despite Menten's capture following a Swiss newsman's tip. Before fleeing, the art-loving SS man did some homework, if not quite enough. He calculated correctly that the Swiss statute of limitations on his offenses had expired. But the Swiss can expel those who commit "crimes against humanity." Doing so, however, requires a decision by the full Swiss cabinet, which will meet soon...
...begin crying silently to the audience, "Love me. Save me." Such occasions do not occur often, but when they do, it is invariably because the singer is worrying about the effect she is making. "Always looking for the magic traps you," she says. "When you've done your homework and understand every nuance of the characterization and music, it somehow frees you. Ironically, when you forget about putting out magic, it happens...
Janet's case of insomnia is something new ("possibly physical, possibly emotional," she thinks), but her late night hours have been part of her way of life ever since high school. She used to fall asleep doing homework on the kitchen table at five in the morning. In those days, she didn't begin work until 2 a.m. because there were other important matters to attend to before starting homework. She also had her mother, a chronic insomniac, to keep her company when she worked until sunrise...