Word: rub
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Anderson, like Carter, hopes that some of the Kennedy magic will rub...
Going into the convention, Carter has 1,982 delegates, 747 more than Kennedy and 316 more than he needs for the nomination-if they all vote for him. And that is the rub. Carter's forces back a proposed rule for the convention that would prevent a delegate from switching his or her first roll-call vote on the nominee (see box). As Democrats grew more and more disenchanted with Carter, this rule became the key issue for the convention, far surpassing Carter's or Kennedy's views on foreign or domestic policy...
Whatever preconceptions the American tourist had about Moscow began to disappear almost on arrival. I had been told there was no place in Moscow to sit. I was also told that the prostitutes chalk their prices on the soles of their shoes, so they could rub off the evidence by scuffling along if the police turned up. "Ten rubles and up," my seatmate on the plane had informed me. "They sit in the parks and lift their shoes to you as you pass...
This independence, which has helped earn him the nickname "Even Stevens," can rub some nerves a little raw. Stevens has set himself up as a gadfly who persistently challenges his brethren. "He's thought it important to say what's on his mind, whether it's persuasive or not," observes Yale Law Professor Paul Gewirtz. "That irritates some Justices." Adds Georgetown Law Professor Dennis Hutchinson: "He seemed prepared in many cases to, if not exactly reinvent the wheel, then at least reinterpret it. In every major case, he has to have his own little John Paul Stevens...
...plan now is to take early retirement in 1982 after completing 20 years in the classroom," says Harold. "I don't think many people believe any more in the validity of a democratic public education. That is, one where kids from various groups rub elbows and actually learn from each other. The question then is, what do we really want in education?" Harold still is an excellent teacher, and he likes the spirit of the children in his school. But, he says, "when I look out at a class of 35 sophomores and I know that the reading levels...