Word: isn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...testament to Gorbachev's brilliance as a politician that he could preside over four years of failure in agriculture and still come out smelling like a rose. He has the confidence of the Soviet bureaucracy because they believe he is a true believer. He isn't going to change the system. He is going to try to make it work better...
...wait until 1988 before he is eligible for parole. Warren Lupel, his attorney, said that he will appeal the decision and ask Governor James Thompson to grant clemency. In the wake of the ruling, scores of sympathizers have called or wired the Governor's office. Said Lupel: "The battle isn't lost...
...best player on the team isn't always the captain...
...Kraft isn't the only Western journalist to misunderstand and misportray Khomeini Richard Reeves, in a long story for The New Yorker on Pakistan last October, managed to slip in this gem: "Ayatollah Khomeini (or Imam Khomeini; the title applies to all Shia leaders...
...Sharon's name isn't Bayes," Wentzell missed...