Word: line
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make an Arab state out of a much larger area than is now encompassed by the occupied territories. The Palestinians fought the partition; according to U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie, "the Arabs repeatedly had asserted that they would resist partition by force." A Palestinian spokesperson called the partition "a line of fire and blood...
Elsewhere, this demoralizing line of reasoning leads to more profound conclusions. Unlike most autobiographers, Julian concedes that what he remembers is only a crude map of his former self. "Our attempts to recover or uncover the past and what really happened are doomed at the outset to failure because it is we ourselves who are doing the investigation," he admits. "We move on. We become someone else...
...refers to Ann Richards, who delivered a stinging critique of her husband at the Democratic National Convention, as "that woman." As for Ted Kennedy's famous "Where was George?" line, Barbara can only say, "He shouldn't even say George Bush's name." Though she has spent much of her life in Texas, this product of tony Rye, N.Y., can still summon a patrician bearing to cut the uppity down to size. The next President says she is "more direct" than he is. Says campaign manager and Republican Party Chairman Lee Atwater: "She can spot a phony a mile away...
While Barbara's humor is clever, Bush's can be prep-school puerile. Several weeks ago, at a private dinner at the Chinese embassy, the President-elect brought a novelty gag, a dollar bill attached to a long fishing line that appears to be free for the taking on the floor. When a waiter went for the bait, Bush quickly snatched it out of reach. Bush and his host, the Chinese Ambassador, found the gag great fun. Barbara, whose humor tends to be verbal, rolled her eyes and turned to the Ambassador: "You're going to have your work...
Basketball: Yale freshman Ed Petersen was named the season's first Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Petersen led the Elis with 22 points in their 83-80 win over Brown. Petersen has a 93.5 accuracy rate from the free throw line...