Word: madison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Madison...
...that our scientists and universities were not operating candidly and in the public interest. But today, unfortunately, there may well be skepticism. When announcements of new "breakthroughs" are made today, one must always wonder whether these "discoveries" are really new or significant or whether they are simply creations of Madison Avenue designed to boost a stock offering on Wall Street. We must be sensitive to these concerns lest the public's support for scientific funding be undermined...
Boxing results: Leonard and Peretz out point Hagler and Cock burn, respectively, before a sellout in Madison Square Garden. "Everyone has a God-given talent." Leonard tells the press afterwards. "Mine happens to be mauling the hell out of other human beings' faces." Peretz, behind on two judges' scorecards, is named the winner when Cock burn is docked points for hitting below the belt...
Congratulations on your article about my husband. However, I would like to take exception to your description of our daughter's performance at Madison Square Garden as "mediocre." A roomful of ribbons and trophies attests to the fact that she is a fine horseback rider and competitor. To dismiss her ride at the Garden as mediocre is insensitive as well as inaccurate. Might I suggest the word unsuccessful...
...producing in this literate democratic society of some 230 million people with the leadership of the Thirteen Colonies in the late 18th century. For all its familiarity, the point is still a painful one. From 3 million people living on the edge of a wilderness: Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Franklin, the Adamses. (Would these men have survived the scrutiny of a Mike Wallace or Ben Bradlee? Probably so. The press was much more savage in those days.) But perhaps, out of all the mysterious historical chemistries that can produce a golden age-the Athens of Pericles, Renaissance Florence-the America...