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...layer of evidence in a bid to uncover the full pattern of illegalities that had come to light in the $2.5 trillion U.S. stock market. There was even that ultimate Watergate touch: the disclosure that for weeks, perhaps months, conversations had been secretly tape-recorded in an effort to plumb the depths of the worst insider-trading scandal in U.S. history...
There were, I know, some strange wonderfulbrains at work in esoteric fields of Sanskrit,Eastern religious, Mayan anthropology and thelike. To my regret, I came into contact with toofew of them. They were little pockets ofexcellence in the Harvard tapestry and gave lustreto those of who did not fully plumb the depths ofwhat Harvard offered. I felt them out there,though, and I was proud of them and their work andwas glad to be among them...
...deliberated and replied, "More like a woof." On the Patriots' side, Runner Tony Collins was awash in sociological queries about his 15 siblings. Under pressure, he managed to name all eight brothers and six of seven sisters. Several of the Super Bowl's 2,500 journalists strayed off to plumb local angles. Guido Dagatta of Milan's Italia Uno TV network had an interest in New England Assistant Coach Dante Scarnecchia. "Milan?" mused Scarnecchia congenially. "Is that the capital of Italy?" Smoke began to come off Dagatta. "No, the capital is Rome. Maybe you have heard...
...speculation that poured forth last week reflected Western eagerness to plumb, however erratically, the Kremlin's unfathomable ways. In Washington, Syndicated Columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak reported that Rumanian intelligence officials had passed word to the U.S. that Chernenko, 73, had suffered a stroke. The conservative U.S. journalists also floated the notion, citing sources in the Reagan Administration, that Politburo Member Gorbachev was out of the running for the top Kremlin job. Instead, they reported, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, 75, might take over...
...language. My wife, who is from Oklahoma, has given me many that I have used in my work as a motion-picture songwriter. She told me of one student who, when asked by the teacher if he was finished with his exam paper, answered, "Purt nigh but not plumb." This became the title of a song for Dinah Shore in Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick...