Word: nail
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...primary mission as working within the party for change, but Shostakovsky does not rule out the possibility that the Platform might become a separate faction if reform should lag. In some ways the rector of the Higher Party School seems like a Martin Luther who has yet to nail his 95 Theses on the door of the Central Committee. Says Shostakovsky: "The policy of centrism and compromise has been exhausted by now. It was always a risky strategy that courted disaster. It is time to pursue a more radical course in transforming society...
...explain why the only Wilsons in David Burnham's blistering critique of the Internal Revenue Service are "James," a Supreme Court Justice who in 1794 rendered the decision that allowed President Washington to put down an armed tax revolt by Appalachian moonshiners; "Frank," an IRS investigator who helped nail Al Capone; and "Bob," a Republican Congressman tied to a tax ruling for ITT during the Nixon Administration. Nonetheless, Edmund remains half-right. Nightmares about the Soviets may have receded, but Americans have yet to lose their fear of filing...
...next-door neighbor was charged for having six tacks in his ceiling. Fifty bucks. Another dormmate was slapped with a $275 bill for things like hanging a picture on a nail that was pounded in before she came to Harvard. Several suites were charged $20 for having scotch tape on brick. My entry alone owes Harvard more than $1000 in "room misuse" fees...
Once I had caught the toads, I tied a string around their bellies and let them go. The string was attached to a spool, which I fastened in the ground with a nail. The toads hopped off and I returned in the mornings, following the track left by the string, to find their homes and record an average home range...
...pledges to help them achieve independence within a federation, while soothing conservatives with promises that any formula for secession will be worked out in Moscow. There is still room for compromise; while all parties to the conflict bandy words like "self-determination," "federation" and "sovereignty," few have attempted to nail down their precise meanings...