Word: seat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...secretive man. Everybody knew he had been a Communist, but none suspected he had engaged in espionage. On two occasions, I had lunch with him. We would follow a circuitous route from the office to a steakhouse in the 50s west of Broadway, where he would take a seat at a table with his back to the wall so that he could see the whole room. He would explain to me that he might have been followed by Communists who were...
...discovered, this discourse is desperately needed. Often our outreaches begin with nervous giggles and jokes about purging, someone shifting in her seat and dead silence at our opening remarks. But inevitably, after a few minutes of probing questions, their opinions, thoughts, concerns and personal stories urgently replace the silence...
...seat next to Berry was especially popular as participants in each performance had a chance to sit with Berry for a few minutes...
...Republican heritage and his upstate New York State roots. Straight out of Canisius College in Buffalo in 1977, Paxon was elected to the Erie Country State Legislature at the tender age of 23. He quickly rose through the ranks of state politics, and in 1988 he won the seat of Jack Kemp, who ran unsuccessfully for President that year...
...into chaos. What should they do? Should they pull the plug on this so-called town meeting and hustle their bosses off the center-court stage? Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was scowling, calling for quiet. Defense Secretary William Cohen looked stunned, disbelieving, his toe tapping nervously under his seat. National Security Adviser Sandy Berger hunkered down in his chair, his face stony. But they stuck it out for the full 90 minutes, raising their voices over heckling, shouts and chanted slogans like "We don't want your racist war." When campus police hauled out some of the loudest, other...