Word: misses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Dingell failed to offer conclusive evidence-indeed Reagan did not even travel to New Jersey-the Congressman nonetheless maintained that the document "makes clear that Miss Lavelle and Mr. Deaver had been discussing the use of the Superfund for the intended benefit of certain congressional candidates, a Governor and the President of the United States." In reply, Deaver denied having had political discussions with Lavelle. "I've never talked to Lavelle the whole time she was in Washington," he said, and added jokingly, "I thought the Superfund was the United...
...brought few of the benefits they were expecting. To be sure, the P.L.O. fighting force was driven out of Beirut last August, and the organization has not recovered from its military setback-nor can it in the foreseeable future. A senior P.L.O. official now in Damascus remarked recently, "I miss Beirut. We could breathe there." But last week P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat, sounding more belligerent than at any time since his departure from Beirut last September, told a group of P.L.O. officers in Syria that "effective war is the only available means for redrawing the political map [of the Middle...
...morels, considered by many connoisseurs to be the tastiest of all, was coming to its peak in Mesick, Mich. (pop. 373), which calls itself "the Mushroom Capital" and counts among its landmarks the Mushroom Cap Motel and the Mush-Room Bar; despite heavy rain, a 30-minute parade swept Miss Mesick Mushroom and her court to fungoid fame...
...production snafus and bottlenecks. In 1979 Dover Elevator Co. formed quality circles at its Horn Lake, Miss., plant. Says Robert Scott, Dover's quality-circle coordinator: "It has done so many good things you can't even count them. I suppose if it were to be put in dollar terms, we have had a $12 to $15 payback on each dollar invested in the program." One quality circle suggested a way to install elevators in shafts more economically; the improvement will save Dover $2.5 million over the next five years. Westinghouse Electric Corp., with more than...
...allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading: and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline from: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top. "Illustrate", "Be specific"; etc? They mean it. The illustrations needn't of course be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered through your bluebook will have you up for sainthood...