Word: obviously
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Both money and weapons are obvious levers for nudging Israel closer to the U.S. diplomatic position. But the Administration is unlikely to yank on either one too hard. For one thing, the U.S. position in the world would be severely damaged if Israel were to suffer a military disaster. For another, any Middle East peace settlement demands the voluntary cooperation of its signatories; a too unwilling Israel would probably not honor the agreement for long...
Safire less frequently bashes Republicans, but he has publicly disowned Spiro Agnew for his anti-Semitism and criticized Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger for encouraging rebellion among Iraq's Kurds and then refusing to aid them. A slick stylist with a sweet tooth for bon mots, Safire resisted obvious puns on the Kurds but drops groaners like "Zbig Government," and "Yamani or ya life...
...administrators are professionals. The Faculty budget is pretty much open to everyone. But when you get a hold of this big thing filled with numbers, it's not always immediately, intuitively obvious what it's all about. It would take a great deal of time and effort to learn enough to know how to influence the budget," Thomas Prendergast '78, Adams House CHUL representative says...
There are the obvious problems; a pitching staff whose leading winner is a reliever with 12 victories, a center fielder who blames every 0-for-4 day on his sore ankles, a catcher who wouldn't block the plate in a whiffle ball game, and a manager who thinks a sacrifice is something done with animals rather than baserunners...
...show of the season, prime time will soon have to live without a new cop show. Up against The Waltons and the Osmonds, CHiPS may not last out the month. Erik Estrada stars as a motorcycle cop named Poncherello ("Ponch" to friends) who bears an all too obvious resemblance to both Baretta and the Fonz. For an hour, he and his partner (Larry Wilcox) ride the Los Angeles freeways arresting or aiding motorists. Occasionally they take a break to bicker with their strident commanding sergeant (Robert Pine) or flirt with pretty girls...