Word: lating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these regimes is widely accepted as necessary in a divided and dangerous world. Since the height of the cold war, American policymakers have been saying of one right-wing despot or another, as Franklin Roosevelt is supposed to have said of Somoza's dictatorial father "Tacho" in the late 1930s, & "He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch...
Which is the smartest race on earth? Many nominate the Jews, whose intellectual achievements are out of proportion to their small numbers. C.P. Snow thinks the Japanese may be even brighter. Such musings are best muttered at late night bull sessions. In public, ranking races by intelligence is apt to smack of simple racism...
...whom held a white umbrella aloft to diffuse a floodlight. As the tenor made ins progress toward the exit under the effulgent parasol, bestowing more blessings and kisses, breaking into nimble dance steps and mugging for the camera, he looked like a cross between an Oriental potentate and the late Zero Mostel. Before heading off in his Rolls-Royce, he rated his performance that night: "8.5 on a scale of ten, and, remember, I never give myself...
...ailing Chrysler Corp. has been using $400 rebates and the pitching of Joe Garagiola to whittle down its huge inventory of unsold cars for a month now, but the firm's most important marketing drive is just beginning. Late last week the nation's No. 3 automaker submitted to Treasury Secretary G. William Miller a 27-page recovery plan with 90 pages of exhibits that laid bare inside details on profitability and marketing strategy of a kind that no automaker had ever before revealed. Said one Chrysler official: "We are really taking our pants off on this...
...England's planes may make as many as 18 departures a day. Result: even if the weather is benign and the engines work fine, the routine delays of ten or 15 minutes that occur at each stop can make a plane one or even two hours late by day's end. Many travelers consider it no small victory if they and their luggage arrive at the same destination at the same time. In some cases, when a plane is fully loaded, the airline may simply keep the bags at the airport and send them out on the next...