Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President Bok's persuasion prevailed over other forces, and he turned down a post in the Carter administration to take the helm of the Kennedy School. Since then, he has presided over a period of vigorous expansion and sometimes vigorous controversy at the school that some have labeled the pet project of Bok's presidency...
...Hollaston, an ex-colonial officer turned landscape painter. Alfgif finds himself beset by a nameless fear. He traces the source to supernatural broadcasts from "the Purpose," which may be the devil, or simply a pantheistic deity. Alfgif gets a lot of help from a winsome polecat named Meg, a pet who rides in his coat pocket and turns out to be the kind of "familiar" (a supernatural spirit-animal form) familiar to witchcraft. He learns that he has modest occult powers himself and eventually converses with one of "the Purpose's" top executives, a gentleman, polite enough but obviously...
...York Congressman allegedly received, in addition, $50,000 in cash in exchange for making a similar pledge of immigration help. Both Congressmen are charged with trying to push their pet projects on the agents. Thompson allegedly asked them to make investments in his district that would benefit him personally. Murphy supposedly tried to get the agents to invest in a shipping venture that he would aid as chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee...
...letters to the editor of Pravda serve as an important forum for Soviet citizens to air pet peeves, make suggestions and scold their less virtuous countrymen. "Every day in the school snack bar, Sasha gets change from a five-ruble bill," wrote a schoolteacher from the Moscow region earlier this year, complaining about how children today do not appreciate the value of a hard-earned ruble. "The parents aren't interested in how their children spend the remaining money." A lieutenant colonel stationed in Lithuania urged parents not to send money to their army sons, already well cared...
...former Chicago TV personality; a half-hour of sports at 11; and at 1 a.m. a celebrity interview show from Los Angeles with Lee Leonard, ex-host of NBC's Grandstand show. Scheduled throughout the day are reports on such topics as health and nutrition, law, fashion, pet care, astrology, gardening and home repairs. Turner has also signed up a roster of big-name commentators, including Senator Barry Goldwater, ex-Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Political Columnists Richard Reeves, Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, Psychologist Joyce Brothers and ERA Opponent Phyllis Schlafly...