Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decades Conable played a role in the political drama, and always the events of history whispered to him "to avoid the pressures of the moment" and consider the broader perspectives. In the capital, he became a ray of wry wisdom amid the constant drizzle of somber buncombe. He toughed his way into power like the Marine he was in World War II and Korea. He became the ranking member on the Ways and Means Committee. More important, he gathered a grateful flock of admirers, among them scholars, journalists and politicians...
...obvious; an elephant may push an E, but what is that long-tailed bird perched atop the Q? What kind of fish are swimming in the water trapped by the upper part of the X? What is that spotted amphibian sliding down the N? Answers: a quetzal; an X-ray fish; a newt...
...Kinks: Word of Mouth (Arista). At last, a good robust antiexercise song. In typically contrary Kinks fashion, however, Too Hot, with its sardonic image of an entire generation beefing, toning and shaping up, has a get-moving melody that is probably perfect for a workout. Head Kink Ray Davies knows how to write songs that cut several ways, including into his own heart. Missing Persons is a lovely piece of brooding melancholy that seems, almost nakedly, to be about the dissolution of his relationship with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. The Kinks are still one of the most fearless, feckless...
...although, apparently, none has yet been received - and he now appears to be seeking continued Soviet support. The Kremlin is not without sympathy for the miners' leader: last year, while visiting Moscow, Scargill noted that the threat to world peace came from that "most dangerous duo, President Ray-Gun and the plutonium blond, Margaret Thatcher." He also attacked the outlawed Polish trade union Solidarity as "an anti-socialist organization which desires the overthrow of a socialist state...
...Yale administration has proved no more forthcoming on the central controversy over comparable worth, the principle that equivalent work merits comparable pay. Yale has yet to successfully counter the evidence of substantial salary discrimination by race and sex provided by neutral Yale economics professor Ray C. Fair. According to the union, white male white collar support staff members make, on average, $14,324. Black women in the same types of jobs make $12,603, despite an average of 1.4 years greater experience at Yale. The university's own figures show no such discrimination, but also fool...