Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate floor, Kennedy did not join in the debate, though he is a master at it, acting solemn one moment and laughing at himself the next. (One afternoon, he thundered at Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah, "No, I will not yield, sir," and made a great show of being enraged...
...moved to a spacious apartment in Boston's Back Bay, devoid of political memorabilia but graced by a Steinway baby grand. It is, she told her children, "Mommy's apartment, not Daddy's." She strained to make a life of her own; studying for a master's degree in education at Lesley College, fund raising for the arts, even dating a few "safe...
Although Joan has sanctioned Ted's presidential campaign and promised vaguely to politick for him, she has told her husband flatly she wants to finish her master's first, and she has refused to commit herself to life in the White House. And though their separation is supposed to be temporary, she sometimes seems unnerved by their infrequent reunions. One woman friend recalls a scene a few months ago when the Senator's car pulled up in front of Joan's apartment as she stood near by. "Oh, Christ," said Joan, "here he comes...
Follett is a master of crafty ploy and credible detail, ranging effortlessly from an Israeli kibbutz to the intricacies of Euratom and the shipping world. In the novel's set piece, Dickstein's men, the fedayeen and the Soviets battle ferociously for the wheezing old freighter with its uranium cargo. At times the reader can only wonder, with Pierre Borg, head of the Mossad, ''You wouldn't think we were the chosen people, with our luck.'' But good luck holds, and so does Follett's sizzling narrative...
...most elections all you need to know to vote is how to pull a lever or scratch an X. Not so in Cambridge, where ability to count is required, and a master's degree in logic encouraged...