Word: marveled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political essays, by and large, Buckley advances logic and evidence to support his arguments. Such is the intellectual Buckley. In Overdrive, this Buckley yields far too often to the patrician Buckley. For years when Buckley ran support for the outcast Republican right, one could still laugh at his jokes, marvel at his elegance (some say arrogance) and appreciate his steadfast defense of conventional conservatism. Sometimes it could appear almost comical, the notion as he presents it, that a naturally egalitarian society could better itself by arbitrarily endowing some minority with excess wealth. But the patrician Buckley, by fueling liberal notions...
...John J. Marvel Hoyt Lakes, Minn...
While the Lisa has been called a technological marvel, only 6,000 have been sold, fewer than expected. The main reason is that Apple has been unable to break into the corporate market. At a price of nearly $10,000, the machine was clearly aimed at the professional user. But IBM, with its huge sales force, is particularly strong in that market, and Apple's 100 salespersons were no match. Even after this week's cut, the Lisa may still be too expensive for large corporate customers. Explains Kurt Schweer, a vice president of Crocker National Bank...
...prodigal a life-style in so protected a land makes for some rich ironies. It was said that upon first receiving television sets, tribal elders would huddle in front of The Virginian and marvel that there could be so many horses in Brunei...
Neither the American yacht nor the challenger has yet been picked. But there is little doubt that when the two square off in the waters of Rhode Island Sound on Sept. 13, the foreign contender will be a white-hulled marvel called Australia II that has set the yachting world back on its scuppers. The Australians seem to be doing everything right, beginning with a spectacular success at what has always been the heart of the American game: building yachts that are technologically superior to those of all their challengers. Measuring 64 ft. 7 in. from its snub-nosed...