Word: misses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will be remembered as one of the great American statesmen of this century. In With Nixon, Price writes, "In the immediate aftermath of Richard Nixon's fall from grace and power, his administration was remembered chiefly for its end. But to see it only in these terms is to miss the central significance of one of the most momentous six-year periods in the nation's history. To view it merely in terms of crime and punishment is not only to distort history, but to deny history...
...Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Then they will sail into the Persian Gulf and through the tricky Strait of Hormuz before they try crossing the Arabian Sea to the shores of Africa or India. These waters, surrounded by oil-rich nations, are crisscrossed daily by huge supertankers that could miss the reed boat's small kerosene running lights and run over the Tigris at night without their crews' even knowing it. Because Heyerdahl's latest craft is made of reeds, it does not show up on radar screens...
...been nothing but happy endings ever since for McEachern and the Longhorns. Though Randy himself had to miss the Texas Christian game with a sprained knee (fourth-string Quarterback Sam Ansley came in to lead the team to a 44-14 win), Texas last week remained atop the college polls with the only undefeated record among the football powers. The No. 1 ranking has enabled Coach Fred Akers to emerge early from the long shadow of his legendary predecessor, Darrell Royal. It has also vindicated members of the university athletic commission who disregarded a Royal choice and picked Akers instead...
...find, what you are!-Be your own woman. Belong to those you love. Talk to my poems, and talk to your heart-I'm in both: if you need me. I lied, Linda. I did love my mother and she loved me. She never held me but I miss her, so that I have to deny I ever loved her-or she me! Silly Anne! So there...
...cutting and restraint on the once insatiable municipal unions. He reminded voters that even in bygone days when it was less fashionable, he had favored capital punishment for certain heinous crimes. To offset his loner image, he was usually accompanied during the campaign by Bess Myerson, 53, a former Miss America (1945) and a New York City commissioner of consumer affairs...