Word: potentionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...potent and dangerous is the herbicide paraquat that in 1983 a U.S. district court banned its use on federal property. But last week it seemed that paraquat might be re-enlisted for the war on drugs. Heralding yet another offensive against homegrown marijuana, the Drug Enforcement Administration said it would consider spraying pot fields with paraquat as well as the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate...
...series of informal meetings aimed at forging political cooperation between the Jaruzelski regime and moderates outside the government, including some with ties to the outlawed Solidarity labor movement. So far, the negotiations have foundered over the government's refusal to grant fresh recognition to Solidarity, which emerged as a potent challenger to Communist rule during the union's brief heyday in 1980-81. Gorbachev's unusual stopover at a functioning church appeared to provide a subtle endorsement of the bargaining process...
...could carry Florida. His record of ordering more executions during his eight-year term than any other sitting Governor could offset Dukakis' soft-on-crime image. He is a master of the political gimmick -- he performed 100 different jobs in 100 days during his 1978 gubernatorial campaign -- with potent Washington connections (he is the brother-in-law of Washington Post Board Chairman Katharine Graham). But with less than two years in the Senate, he brings little Washington or foreign policy experience to the ticket...
Though few Americans are directly affected, the ruling had a potent symbolic value. The men's club is a prime emblem of male bonding, a tree house with more comfortable seating. Men's club members tend to be highly visible figures in the community, the business world, even on the bench; in the past few months, Justices Anthony Kennedy and Harry Blackmun resigned from private clubs that bar women...
...space, from Hiroshima, 1945, to the Indianapolis 500, 1982. Pieces about the fate of chivalry (linked to the decline of horse culture) and nudism in Yugoslavia (when the sun goes down, the naked dress up) range knowingly over such touchy subjects as taste and class. At his most potent, Fussell takes on two hazardous areas: meeting an enemy in battle and engaging the English language in single combat. He has had victories on both fronts, as an infantry officer in World War II and as a professor of literature and the author of literary and social criticism, including the much...