Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudi Arabia might bring to power a regime as radical as that of Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The new leader would inherit a cache of the latest military hardware, which he would almost surely use against the interest of the Western states that originally provided it. Just as odd is the U.S.'s massive arming of Persian Gulf states, at the very moment when it is hinting that military intervention might be necessary if the West faced economic strangulation. True, the possibility of such intervention is remote and is heavily outweighed by the opportunity of bolstering Saudi Arabia...
Sixteen months ago, Kennerly and Gerald Ford began an odd-couple relationship. TIME assigned Kennerly to cover Ford as a vice-presidential prospect. Kennerly virtually lived with the Fords at their Virginia home during the two months of the vice-presidential confirmation hearings. Later he traveled for eight months with Ford. Young Kenner-ly's irreverence and high lifestyle, which includes a Mercedes, a six-room Georgetown house, and an affinity for pretty women, richly entertained Ford, who came to regard him as an "adopted son." The day after he was sworn in as President, Ford asked Kennerly...
...odd-ranked racquetmen played first; number one Pete Blasier, and fifth-and seventh-ranked Pete Havens and Steve Mead each lost in three games...
...humorist," P.G. Wodehouse once wrote, "one must see the world out of focus. You must, in other words, be slightly cockeyed." Wodehouse shared with countless millions of delighted readers his own slightly cockeyed, out-of-focus vision of the world in 70-odd novels, more than 300 short stories, 500 essays and articles, 40 or so plays and musicals and numerous movies-not to mention snippets of some of the funniest verse ever written in English. Many people grew up on Wodehouse and grew old on Wodehouse; his literary output, as reliable and regular as the seasons, never faltered...
...some of Parent's preparations for battle strike his teammates as slightly odd, no one complains. The reason: except for Parent and superstar Center Bobby Clarke, the Flyers are not a team of champions. Parent's contribution is to keep the Flyers in the game and give them the confidence that their defense is puckproof. Says Coach Shero: "When Parent is out there, we know we can win games we have no business winning." For the offense, Shero counts on Clarke, one of the best playmakers in the league and, according to the coach, "the greatest leader...