Word: moment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moment, Carter had won. Inexplicably, however, apparently no one informed the next speaker: Rosalynn Carter, who was there to weld her initials in the keel of the Ohio's sister ship, the Geor gia. Having been briefed in advance by staffers that Glenn might raise the subject of verification, she plowed ahead, reading from typed notes: "It is my feeling, and Senator Glenn understands this, that premature public debate on issues such as this can be very damaging." As for verification, she added, that is "too sensitive" to be publicly discussed...
...over Viet Nam were transferred unfairly to them. Not long ago, a Viet Nam veteran in Minneapolis was asked if there was anything he would particularly like to say to Max Cleland when the VA chief arrived in the city for a scheduled visit. The vet brooded for a moment, then replied, half sardonically, half plaintively: "Yes. 'When are we going to get our parade...
...Thatcher, the campaign is a crusade for a free economy and greater individual responsibility; Callaghan sees it as a choice between a caring society and a callous one. The Liberals and the minor parties are, for the moment, on the sidelines. The British will be spared a television onslaught, since both major parties will be allowed a total of 50 minutes each throughout the campaign for party broadcasts. Still, Labor delights in poking fun at the glossy publicity campaign mounted by the Tories and their trendy London advertising firm, Saatchi & Saatchi Garland-Compton Ltd. Says Callaghan...
ADELMAN: There is not a damn thing we can do. We have no carrots and no sticks. The President should publicly admit that we are in the hands of a group of people, the OPEC cartel, who are at the moment wholly beyond our control...
...lights were not even scheduled to row against UNH; but Syracuse cancelled out at the last moment to force a rescheduling with the heavier Wildcat squad...