Word: inked
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...ink was drying on the Munich agreement and the British subjects were celebrating "peace in our time" in the streets of London, Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons to indict the leaders of his day with words that are applicable to today's generation. "Terrible words have for the time being been pronounced against the Western democracies: "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." We must never forget...
REMEMBER THE ADVICE "SAY IT WITH candy, say it with drink, but never, never say it with ink''? It appears that Senator Packwood pulled more than one major oops with his taped and transcribed diary. His lecherous musings got him into trouble, and his transcribed discussions with Senator Phil Gramm about political funding may have both him and Gramm in hot water. This matter deserves the most stringent Senate investigation and open hearings. ALEXANDER D. BELL Dallas...
...their population in the West Bank. A last-minute dispute over the timing of Israeli troops' withdrawal from Hebron was resolved when Rabin and Arafat stepped in to President Clinton's private dining room to work things out; their changes were added to the agreement document in pen and ink...
...campaign next month when it files its third-quarter Federal Election Commission report. Wilson is now making money-raising phone calls "a mile a minute," as a fund raiser puts it, in an effort to show respectable cash on hand. A senior Wilson operative says if the red ink is not stemmed, the candidate may have to pull out: "We'll have to see where we are at the end of the month...
Reflecting the growing interest in alternative therapies, especially for chronic ailments that mainstream medicine can't cure, more and more health specialists are urging patients to try such homeopathic remedies as ground honeybee for a sore throat, cuttlefish ink for hemorrhoids and bushmaster snake for hot flashes. An estimated 40% of chiropractors--and even some medical doctors--regularly recommend such substances. According to the National Center for Homeopathy, Americans today are spending more than $165 million a year for the preparations, and sales are rising 20% to 25% annually. Says Gilbert Weise Sr. of Jacksonville, Florida: "When I advertise that...