Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defending against a charge of lying presents obvious difficulties. It is usually not possible to deny that the statement in question was made. Instead, observes Chicago Defense Attorney Charles Bellows, "a man charged with lying ought to take the stand and explain either that his statement was true, that his...
After several days of Machiavellian intrigue and counter-intrigue, Australia's first Labor Party government in 23 years came to an abrupt end last week, less than halfway through its three-year term. Prune Minister Gough Whitlam had Parliament dissolved and called for new elections. Ironically, Whitlam brought on...
With little room to maneuver or park private cars, New Yorkers are more desperately dependent on taxis than any other city dwellers in the world. And the thousands of cabs that they ride are among the world's sleaziest: cigarette butts and paper coffee cups on the floor, dirty...
The Soviet leaders' decision to deprive Solzhenitsyn of his citizenship and fling him out of Russia was a shrewdly calculated maneuver to rid themselves of their most eloquent critic while defusing the explosion of protest in the West. Although many European leaders expressed shock last week at Solzhenitsyn's summary...
There are no goalies to man the nets, but checking, as in hockey, is a legal defensive maneuver. The rules are few, and the game, as evidenced by the Harvard team, is easy to learn.