Word: pleasing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That warning, combined with the gaunt images of their loved ones, persuaded the families to make public pleas to Washington and Kuwait to reverse their long-standing refusal to meet Islamic Jihad's demands. At a news conference in Washington, Peggy Say, sister of the kidnaped Anderson, warned that the...
Crapanzano registers both dark rites and white lies with scrupulous calm. Every now and then, he cuts loose with supple analytical turns on the nature of waiting, of being colored or of creating myths of violence. But for the most part, the author is content with a tone of measured...
In Farmington, N. Mex., a city of 35,626, MADD, SADD (for Students Against Drunk Driving), parents and local businessmen are trying to replace the "kegger," the traditional graduation-night beer party held in the hills outside town. A local bank donated use of a health spa, and TV and...
"This is a sad and difficult day for E.F. Hutton and for me personally," said a subdued Robert Fomon, chairman and chief executive of Wall Street's fifth-largest brokerage firm. Hours before Fomon appeared at a press conference in New York City last week, Hutton President Scott Pierce had...
It was Congress that ultimately gave up on the Viet Nam War, rejecting the pleas of a Republican Administration for more military aid. It was Congress that suspended funds for the rebels fighting in Nicaragua, much to the dismay of the Reagan Administration. But in an emerging new debate, the...