Word: musts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some glimmer of literary understanding must have penetrated the fog of war in Hackett's brain, enough anyway for him to understand the need to place some human beings among the Phantoms and stereotyped initative-lacking Soviet junior officers in his narrative. Every so often he clumsily inserts a phony "personal recollection," most embarrassingly in a letter home from an American sailor...
...lunchtime, and the natty old gent in the gray suit sits down, lights up a cigar and says, in that famous foghorn voice, "I must tell you a good lie-a real good lie." It is the story of a comedian who dies backstage at the end of his act while the audience continues to applaud, thinking he is still in the giant clown's shoes they see protruding from beneath the curtain. It is a good lie, one of the best, but is there any truth to it? "All my stories are basically honest," he answers. "But from...
...approved, it has enough stock to take immediate control of the company without having to negotiate with other shareholders. Despite its majority holdings, Pan Am, which paid $42 a share, or about $186 million, for the stock, does not control National. Under a CAB dictate, all the contenders must hold their National shares in a nonvoting trust. In addition, Pan Am still has several important hurdles to clear. For example, the CAB must still give Pan Am approval after consulting with the Justice Department about whether the merger violates antitrust laws. Finally, the merger decision must go to President Carter...
...argues, "threatens to attenuate and diminish the promise of American democracy." What are these seditious views? A certain discouraged attitude about the future and human nature in general. Misgivings about the decline of the family and the habit of hard work. A sense that some sort of religious values must be re-established in America. A notion that individuals should be responsible for their own success or failure...
...syndrome, a side effect which Ryan suffered, is particularly excruciating. The face and neck bloat to enormous size, and a small hump appears on the back. "It is monstrous for Kathryn and the children to have to live with this," he notes. "How the sight of me must appall them...