Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powers granted Paul Curran will be less important than how aggressively he attacks his job. Those who know him well in New York back him strongly. Says Robert Morgenthau, Manhattan's Democratic district attorney: "There won't be any cover-up with Paul running the investigation." Michael Armstrong, counsel to the Knapp Commission, which investigated New York City police corruption, says, "Curran's tough enough to indict when he should and tough enough not to indict when he shouldn...
...Waianapanapa, site of a 120-acre, stream-laced state park, is "glistening water." There are lao (valley of dawning inspiration), Kapilau (sprinkle of rain on leaves), Lanilili (rippling surface) and Waiakoa (waters used by warrior). Kaanapali is "rolling cliffs." It is comforting when boating off Wailea to know that the "waters [are] governed by Lea," goddess of canoe making. Lahaina is "land of prophecies...
...decree or order?' 'No, nothing.' 'And what about my sentence? Has it been quashed?' 'No, it remains in force.' 'So, I'm sort of a prisoner on holiday, on vacation?' 'Sort of.' " "They don't ever know either how to jail or release you properly," concludes Bukovsky. The Inspector General could not have said it better. -R.Z. Sheppard
Anybody who can flip a TV dial knows what the public wants. But the art of broadcasting, writes William Paley, "is to know what the public is seeking before the public even knows it is looking for something else." As a guide, that advice is about as useful as buy low, sell high. Yet, as the author demonstrates in this often charming memoir, he has been able to follow his own prescription for almost half a century...
...strapped into an aisle seat on he 7 a.m. flight from LAX to ORD, and the baby next to you is screaming, and the turbulence is causing your stomach to bathe your just consumed sausage links and hash browns in acid, and you don't know how you're going to get through the next 4% hrs. because it's too early for a martini, and besides, you want to throw up. So you reach for that little paper bag in the seat-back pocket, and, hello! What's this? A slick, thick, technicolor magazine throbbing...