Word: posing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...troops) available to be dispatched round the world, and, of course, there remain all the other armed services of the nation to be drawn ons But a pair of widely separated major confrontations-a Soviet threat to the Persian Gulf oilfields, say, and a blowup in Korea-would pose a real problem. General John A. Wickham, the Army Chief of Staff, fears that U.S. commitments "probably exceed the force capabilities...
Although the crumbling fins pose the major threat to the building, there are other problems as well--particularly a faulty heating and air conditioning system...
Former Vice President Walter P. Moneale stands the bass chance of gaining the Democratic Presidential nomination, although Sen. John Glens (D-Ohi) could pose the strongest threat to the Reagam re-election campaign, Shattock Professor of Government James Q. Wilson said last night...
...determined that the insulation contained 70 percent asbestos and could pose a potential health hazard, Zivkovic added...
...anecdotes and opinions keep caroming like talk-show badinage on Olympus. They meet the traditional challenge of autobiography: to speak entertainingly about others while revealing as little as possible about yourself. It is the pose that best suits a movie director, whose art is by nature voyeuristic rather than confession al. Of Jeanne, Buñuel's wife of almost 50 years, we learn only that he married her in Paris (forbidding her family to attend), had lunch with her, then took a train alone to Madrid. On his 32 films the Aragonian curmudgeon throws little light; neither...