Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Suddenly I realized how dreadful it had been. I mean, I hadn't relaxed in two years. The times I thought I was relaxing, I wasn't really relaxed. You know, you are always uptight because of the feeling that you can't make that inadvertent remark or do this or do that because it might be misinterpreted and could be a political liability...
...modest house buzzed like a beehive. Turbaned mullahs, ostensibly come to congratulate the Ayatullah on the anniversary of Mab'ath, the day God chose Muhammad as his Prophet, seized the occasion to denounce their enemies and advance their respective causes. The byzantine scene prompted one local observer to remark, "The place reeks of conspiracy...
...police force's inability to turn up any clues led Allen County Prosecutor Arnold Duemling to conclude that the investigation was "dead," a remark that irritated federal agents. Said the FBI'S Young: "We have a lot of leads and a lot of theories-perhaps too many theories." One of them stems from Coleman's report that a motorcyclist had preceded her car on the 15-minute drive to the motel, timing the green lights perfectly. (Could the motorcyclist have been a spotter for the gunman?) Said Young: "We're a long way from...
...pick out some clues to the shah's fate that were revealed that day: the small group of Iranian students who called him "oppressive;" the fact that the shah was in the United States to negotiate a multi-million dollar arms deal with the Pentagon; and the shah's remark that ignorance "leaves unutilized a huge human capital." In light of recent events, the shah's speech and the University's decision to bestow an honorary degree upon him seem as ironic as the explanation for his selection one corporation member offered in 1968: "The Corporation grants the honorary degrees...
...politics as conflict has distorted and diverted presidential politics repeatedly," he asserts. His view: conflict makes the best story and if there is none, the press starts looking for it. Barber is especially unhappy with coverage of so-called gaffes. A case in point: Jimmy Carter's remark in 1976 about maintaining "ethnic purity" in neighborhoods. While inept and illadvised, Barber argues, the phrase told nothing about the man, who never before or since could be accused of bigotry. Yet it became a serious campaign issue, as one press account fed on another...