Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overwhelmingly obvious...
...Shamir is losing support in the U.S. Both the Conference of Presidents and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee ignored Jerusalem's cue to protest Washington's decision to deal with the P.L.O. Moreover, there has been a growing inclination by Jewish leaders to display what has been quietly obvious for years: a preference for the Israeli Labor Party's more flexible approach. Theodore Mann, former head of the American Jewish Congress, argues that Jewish activists should "try to make a difference. Through some process there should be an exchange of land for peace with security...
...acre-foot is the amount of water it would take to flood an acre one foot deep, and if you can find 70,000 of them lying around for the taking in Southern California, you can probably change your name to Yahweh and begin collecting burnt offerings. No obvious replacement source presented itself in the Mono Lake dispute until recently, when an economist named Zach Willey suggested that the city and the environmentalists get together to buy water from farmers on the western side of the Sierras in California's vast central valley...
...linking the essays, Updike gives readers a full picture of his life. This format allows him to move from a recapitulation of important events to the less obvious, but often more relevant, influences on his personality...
...outside Washington has remained strong: his approval rating has ranged between 59% and 71% in recent polls. For the time being, the President can coast on a strong swell of national contentment and hope that interest rates don't climb too high. He also continues to benefit from his obvious enjoyment of the presidency, his self-deprecating humor, his grasp of the issues raised at press conferences...