Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ideally suited to overcoming such obstacles. Originally a submariner, he earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton, and his posts have been as much diplomatic as military. He is the first JCS Chairman in 32 years to come from a unified command (the Pacific theater). Crowe has expressed no opinion on JCS reform. But at his confirmation hearings he remarked, "My father used to say that your mind is like a parachute; if it does not open when you need it, it won't do much good. I have an open mind...
...never a case if he would get it, but when," said Paul Samuelson of MIT, 1970 American Noble laureate. "A large body of opinion thinks it's overdue...
...mainstream opinion, first expounded by former Harvard professor Samuel E. Morrison in his 1946 biography of Columbus, holds that Columbus landed on a large South Bahamas island, originally called Watlings Island but renamed San Salvador in honor of its historical role...
...member of a Jewish veterans association raised a flag emblazoned with the Star of David in support of Soviet Jews. The protester was gently but firmly hustled away. At a follow-up reception in the capital's imposing city hall, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac told Gorbachev that "French public opinion would appreciate it" if the Soviet Union made a "gesture" in favor of Jews who wished to leave the country...
Finally, a special mention must go to Robert Loggia. In the role of Sam Ransom, a private investigator, he is direct, foul-mouthed, and undeniably charming. Just as Jagged Edge threatens to take itself too seriously, Loggia breezes in with Sam's own perverse and sanely brusque opinion of the murderer and his crime: "Fuck him," he comments, dismissing in one succinct phrase every emotionally contrived moment in the movie...