Word: meres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mere solitude would never hold the eclectic man from Queens. His need to accomplish and excel runs too deep. For 15 years he has scorned vacations. Instead, hard work is more renewing. Cuomo dominates those around him. An excessive talker, he routinely holds listeners captive as he slips into changing courtroom roles, playing innocent here, bullying there, as a technique for gathering information and testing the motives of others. It is a bruising process that tends to make flunkies out of the less sturdy around him. One top aide has packed on 50 lbs. from nervous overeating. But the extra...
...U.S.S. Missouri, "Mighty Mo," was returning from retirement. In emotional ceremonies on a sun-drenched day in San Francisco Bay, the ship was "brought alive" by her crew of 1,600 before an audience of 12,000 dignitaries and guests. The mere mention of the ship summons echoes from the remembered past. On her bleached teak decks, Supreme Allied Commander General Douglas MacArthur had accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese from Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu...
...mere hint of a comeback sent TV crews and reporters scurrying in pursuit of the aging superstar. After all, when he was retired ten months ago because of a leg injury, John Henry had won a record $6.5 million, $2.3 million more than his closest competitor. Now comes the news that the 1981 and 1984 Horse of the Year is in training again at Hollywood Park and will soon be back on the track. The change of heart apparently came last month after John Henry, 11, showed a hankering to race again during a visit to Kentucky's Keeneland race...
Justice Department officials privately doubt that a news organization can be successfully prosecuted under Section 798. But the mere prospect of Government action could serve the same purpose. "We don't want to police the press," says a CIA spokesman. "We want the press to police itself." The dilemma is that unless a news organization is willing to risk criminal prosecution, it must rely on the CIA to tell it whether a story poses a threat to national security. As the sometime subject of such stories, the CIA may not always be the most objective judge...
Wirthlin's encouraging figures are, of course, ephemeral, subject to devastation by almost any crisis. His real message goes beyond the mere data. "The President plays better offense than defense," says the pollster. "He has to keep going. Sometimes the changes he proposes are not as important as the fact that he takes action. He cannot expect that all the winds will continue to blow...