Word: polkes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beauty of the thing is I know I can resell two copies," said Polk. "It took me five minutes...
...Polk said the pyramid chain is more successful than other types of chain letters since you must pay to enter the game. "You purchase the letter to get into the chain, so it's very difficult to break the chain unless you're willing to give up your initial investment," he added...
...such authorities assess American Presidents. The 1,000 rated Kennedy 13th, in the middle of the "above average" category. Those considered great: Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. Near great: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman. Above average: John Adams, Lyndon Johnson, James K. Polk, John Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland...
...West Bank, Lebanon, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Six months later, during the Israeli siege of Beirut, Rosenblatt returned to Lebanon to seek out several of the Palestinian children he had talked to earlier. His journal of that search appeared in July. The two accounts, which won the 1982 George Polk Award for magazine reporting, now form the core of Children of War, just published by Anchor Press/Doubleday to wide critical acclaim. Says Rosenblatt: "The book is also the story of doing the story: my feelings, reactions and worries about what I was seeing, my meditations on children...
...News-Washington Post poll shows that when there are conflicting versions of events in Central America, 49% believe TV and newspaper reports, while 37% believe Reagan. Kristol regards Central America as "perhaps the most flagrant case" of polk confusing the public and inhibiting proper presidential action: "If the Administration believes it is crucial that Central America not go Castroite, it should say so emphatically, argue the case clearly, and then do what has to be done swiftly and successfully." Such macho rhetoric often goes flabbily vague at the critical moment: Does "what has to be done" mean overthrowing Castro? Kristol...