Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forcing the country to abandon the old sectarian political system, either by accepting reform or by facing the muzzles of 25,000 AK-47s. As King Hussein observed in Washington, it is no longer "a question of changing a President in Lebanon, but of changing a regime and its shape...
...were really very good at facing the problem), but he'll succeed (he'll so to speak, be able to 'solve' it) where you didn't, because he won't have that problem at all. What the new man will do--what any efficient bureaucrat would do--is shape the problem not so there's no answer, but so there...
...pleased with the trip. I thought everyone played well--the match experience really helped us get back into top shape," coach Corey Winn, who traveled with the second team, said yesterday...
...study of Victorian pornography, Columbia Professor Steven Marcus described the porn impulse as "insatiable." Slade and Marcus may be making the same point: it was precisely the repressive nature of prudery that created a taboo-rich culture in which Victorian porn fantasies could take exotic shape. But if the porn industry finds no limits, it could perhaps reawaken the American taste for censorship. The very thought is anathema to most Americans. The danger is that it may be found more supportable than the worst conceivable outcome of the porno plague: a brutalizing of the American psyche that turns U.S. society...
...owners and players want exactly the same thing, since the financial health of all depends on playing ball. The camps will not get into the full swing of exhibition games until this week, and with at least the pitchers needing nearly a month to get their throwing arms into shape, the April 8 scheduled opening of the regular season is perilously close...