Word: leans
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...parties what's going on "Weissberg explains that because of the lack of a volume of case precedents "for someone in there [at the rent board] for the first time there is no way to get a handle on it. It's not unusual for Fred Cohn to lean back and recall" precedents she says, adding that his status as the most senior board member "puts the parties at an incredible disadvantage. There's no way I can say. 'No, that's not true...
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Amidst golfs lean towheads, a fat man can look good...
Asked to make sense of Pharaoh's dreams about fat and lean cows and plump and withered ears of corn, Joseph took them as signs of coming events. The Book of Genesis records his forecast: "Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. And there shall arise after them seven years of famine." Pharaoh was so pleased to get a fix on the future that he made Joseph the ruler of Egypt. If Joseph materialized now, politics would make it hard for him to get his old job back, but with his proven...
Nevertheless, Begin and Israel remain dangerously isolated in the wake of the Sinai cession. Many informed citizens in this country have started to lean tentatively toward the PLO as the seams of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon's West Bank policy shows signs of straining. Without the recent oil glut, pressure on Israel would be greater. Sadat's successor Hosni Mubarak, moreover, has indicated his desire to return to the Arab fold and will likely normalize relations with Iraq by the end of the spring. The diplomatic normalization between Israel and Egypt. Begin's main concession at Camp David has cooled...