Word: resorts
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...really whether the individual has been accused falsely or been treated fairly. Preventing damage to the President transcends all considerations. Bo Callaway, former Secretary of the Army and Gerald Ford's campaign manager, understood the code. Falsely accused of conflict of interest over a Colorado ski resort development, Callaway resigned-and then cleared himself of the charges...
Speculation differed on whether the expected protests would stay peaceful or spill over into an all-out confrontation between union and government. In any case, Poland's leaders were expected to do everything possible to handle the crisis themselves before they would resort to calling on the Soviet Union or other Warsaw Pact allies to provide "fraternal assistance...
...Live with a Cubaholic" and "How to Kick the Habit." Entrepreneurs Steven and Roger Hill of Menlo Park, Calif., have produced what they call "the ultimate solution": the Cube Smasher, a plastic paddle guaranteed to pound the puzzle to bits. So far they have sold 100,000. Those who resort to the Cube Smasher may also be interested in a paperback released this month by Tor Books. Its title: 101 Uses for a Dead Cube...
...motel in Prairie View, Ill., that offers apartments, roomettes and imperial suites to guest cats for up to $6.50 a day: letters sent by the vacationing owners are read to the animals. California, as always a seismographic chart of late-breaking obsessions, now has a cat resort, a cat department store, a cat rest home, a rent-a-cat agency, a cat dating service, cat psychics, cat acting coaches and a special annual contest to judge cats' meows. And, of course, there is television, with its commercials featuring cats in caterwauling unison or solitary hunger. The ads offer...
...background for decades but has only just come to the fore since Brezhnev lured Reagan into a public argument about the feasibility of limited nuclear war. At issue is declaratory nuclear doctrine: the official statements that the superpowers make to define the circumstances in which they might resort to the use of their ultimate weapons. On this particular grim but hypothetical topic, the U.S. is almost sure to continue taking a beating...