Word: mustering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some of the world's conspicuous difficulties - the food and energy shortages, to name but two glaring ones - seem deserving of comparable heroic efforts. Such problems so far, however, have inspired occasional grand rhetoric without matching action. So perhaps a better question is: Could the U.S. today even muster the combination of generosity, self-sacrifice and determined will that it dedicated to the rescue of Western Europe? Does the national character remain capable of that spirit...
...pretty good, y'know Bruddah. How about yerself?" I replied in the best imitation of Rodney Dangerfield's Brooklyn accent I could muster...
Over the past weekend Jimmy Carter's measure was taken by perhaps the toughest jury he has yet encountered -the heads of the West's major democracies. The early verdict appeared to be unanimous. The new U.S. President passed muster with high marks and was received into the exclusive ranks of world statesmen. In fact, Carter's debut was nothing short of socko...
Carter's energy bill must pass muster with two powerful committees in the Senate. The Finance Committee, which will handle all tax matters, is chaired by Russell Long, 55, one of the Senate's barons, and a man who vigorously represents the oil and gas industries of his state, Louisiana. So far, Long has been generally favorable, but he warns that "Carter's greatest difficulty will be with anything that puts a direct tax on the consumer-the tax on gas at the pump...
...team out-butted the Rams for a 13-10 victory, while the "B" team could muster only four points against their URI foes, who scored...