Word: logics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this wasn't enough, I wore a Michigan shirt. My sister goes to Michigan and wearing a Michigan shirt usually does the trick for a Crimson victory, but not when the shirt is worn in combination with the colors of the opposing school. As logic would have it, Michigan lost its first game of the season Saturday...
Jody Powell always maintained that one of Jimmy Carter's problems was his tendency to base his decisions solely on logic. Back in the Georgia statehouse, Carter used to wonder why it was necessary to butter somebody up to get him to do what the facts showed he should do. Carter did very little buttering...
Confronted a few days ago with opposition to the new Panama Canal Treaty, Carter explained his position in terms of cold logic, as usual-but almost instinctively, he also reached out for the butter dish. When Ambassador Sol Linowitz called Carter from Panama City to report that an agreement would be reached within hours, one of Carter's first requests was that Linowitz phone the news to Jerry Ford up in Vail. At least three times Carter personally talked to Ford on the phone, then sent Linowitz, General George Brown, and former Ford Aide Brent Scowcroft...
Absurdist Playwright Eugène Ionesco is known for his use of logic taken to farcical extremes. But even without 20-20 apocalyptic vision, it is possible to imagine the world ending in an enormous eruption. Of all the demonstrations of nature's awesome power, few are as dramatic as active volcanoes...
...youth, and the new generation of pre-and post-pubes want to get some idea of what the thrill was all about. Right now nothing caters to the twin needs of Beatlemaniacs quite as emphatically or successfully as a hot new show on Broadway called, with roaring show-business logic, Beatlemania. Two months after-it began, bereft of plot and without benefit of an official opening night, Beatlemania is playing nightly to packed houses. The stars of the show are four Beatles look-and sound-alikes, who during the evening play and sing 29 Beatles songs. Meanwhile, on a series...