Word: invitee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reality: I suppose that this one is technically true, but it's a sugar-coated version of reality. A more accurate account would be: "The council impetuously voted to invite ROTC back onto campus, and then retreated when it realized that it had provoked a firestorm of controversy."
Besides, I was a fair-weather fan more than a political zealot. I lived on the illusion that the Redskins gave equal time to all political persuasions and would invite Ted Kennedy to speak very soon.
But still, the laundry list of change last semester was so comprehensive as to invite hyperbole.
Wander into the Reeves private hotel, a tidy Victorian row house overlooking Shepherd's Bush Green, and you can easily imagine yourself in any of central * London's small, discreet hotels. The woman at the front desk will offer a cordial greeting as you check in, tell you about the...
At Justice, Thornburgh and his aides take a dim view as well of Von Raab's "Operation Paladin" plan to offer multimillion-dollar bounties for drug kingpins. Officials say Von Raab is "grandstanding" and fear bounties would invite international kidnaping.