Word: sapping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brown is just now toeing immediate international issues. Not without stubs. He insists that "the lesson of Viet Nam is overextension of American power. We're still overextended." At the same time, he doubts that the defense budget can be cut, describes the U.S. as an easily bullied "sap" and argues that "the question is how to restore America's influence...
...ought to realize that without substantial military strength, we're obviously jeopardizing our security...I get the impression that we're being pushed around a lot and that America has become a big sap for the rest of the countries. And I don't like it. We should have a lot of strength, so I don't see why we should have guilt feelings and act like we're always the fall...
POINSETTIA (leaves and stem): diarrhea, abdominal cramps and delirium. Sap can cause skin irritation and, if rubbed in the eyes, blindness...
...sturdiness. A trusting character, he's not terribly bright. He understands nothing of the immortal intrigues going on above his head, and proves his virtue by doing everything he's told. Rather than being clever, he is supposed to be pure in heart; today one would call him a sap. Pamina is a first irritatingly childlike--dressed in over-feminine gowns and ribbons, she cries a lot and isn't good for much of anything. But she grows from child to woman in a believably gradual manner, and her strength is clear from the way she leads Tamino through...
...other witnesses. He must call her back, days later, past 3 a.m. in the morning, to find out how she's doing, and attempt stubbornly and hopefully to find a continuity in these fragments. Innocence of this scale is unimaginable; Gifford's just too much of a sap...