Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leashing attack dogs. Two brazen thieves ran in, grabbed a washing machine and headed to the street. One of the guards pointed his gun at a looter's head, three feet away. The intruder snarled: "You either kill me or I go out the door with the washer." He kept going, and the security man sheathed...
...financial and political troubles of former Georgia Banker Bert Lance reached the point last week where Jimmy Carter himself had to come to the rescue. The President recommended that the director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget be released from a promise that, if kept, could destroy Lance's already shaky financial position...
...Carter was defending the denial of federal funds to pay for abortions. His remark was strongly reminiscent of John F. Kennedy's "Life is unfair" comment when asked why some military reservists were being kept on active duty following the Berlin crisis...
Begin has already impressed Israelis-including many who were appalled by his victory-with his chivalrous public demeanor. He has effusively lauded the outgoing Rabin for his service to the country. Begin has kept on-most of Rabin's aides and generally treated them as equal coworkers. One aide accustomed to Rabin's brusque hellos still cannot get over the fact that when he arrives in the office every morning, the early-rising Begin gets up from his desk, walks over and greets him with a handshake. Says the aide: "I've been tempted to tell...
...Tessenei, a town that the Eritreans have recently captured, we had good luck-there was a hotel, kept by an Italian, Archimede Parmigiani, 68, who has lived 42 years in Eritrea. There were no other guests. The kitchen had shell holes in the roof, the dusty flasks of Chianti were empty. His family has gone back to Bologna, but Parmigiani stays on. He asks: "What would I do in Bologna after so many years here...