Word: port
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House had some aces in the hole that helped it to pull off what seemed to outsiders an astonishing turnaround. Unbeknownst to leaders of the opposition group, the Administration had the private sup port of some Senators who were not ready to commit themselves publicly for the sale. One was New Hampshire Republican Warren Rudman; nominally uncommitted, he was actually lobbying on its behalf before formally announcing his support. Another was Democrat David Boren of Oklahoma, who said he was leaning against the sale after visiting Saudi Arabia last April, but then began arguing in its favor with Democratic...
...Koch, 56, New York mayor, debating over which Democratic candidate he will support in 1984 for the presidency: "If I support Ted Kennedy, there would be cruises, jet-set parties and long, lazy summers at Hyannis Port. If I were to support Fritz Mondale, there would be winter in Minnesota. It's a tough choice...
...unconvincing stereotyping that pervades the film. Intent on criticizing the stuffiness and conservatism of the British aristocracy, director Hudson seemingly has forgotten that any portrayal--particularly a negative one--requires detail to convince. But detail does not appear. Instead, scenes flash by disjointedly: Gielgud and his colleague sip port and discuss school spirit; the Prince of Wales languorously puffs a cigarette and tries to convince Liddell to run the preliminary heat on Sunday "for the love of country...
...touch the unhappiness of the whole world in one single man," he wrote. "And as long as we don't give him up, then nothing is given up." The aphorism is a frag ment of autobiography. Born in 1905 in a Danube port city in Bulgaria, Canetti claims that his Turkish-raised grandfather boasted of knowing 17 languages. After his fa ther died in Manchester, England, Canetti zigzagged between the Zu rich of Dada, Lenin and Joyce, and the Vienna of Freud, finally earning a Ph.D. in chemistry. But the young doctor chose literature instead of laboratories. Auto...
Simultaneously, local operatives in the Southeast China port of Swatow, the city near the planned landing, made hundreds of area photographs and closely monitored local Chinese security forces. The plan, completed last December, called for a sturdy tug to tow a partly submersible barge loaded with 232 one-ton blocks, each packed with 48 waterproof boxes containing 90 Bibles...