Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Neill stood in his Speaker's office and waved a big hand toward the floor of the House. "The oil industry is in rough shape out there," he declared. "The members think they're voting against another rape...
Richest of the Republican presidential candidates reporting last week (Ronald Reagan and Phil Crane did not file) was Lawyer John Connally. His 1978 income was $1.3 million. Nor were any of the other G.O.P. hopefuls in bad financial shape. George Bush said he earned $354,751 last year, much of it from speeches; Howard Baker made $397,000, including his $86,666 Senate salary. Robert Dole earned...
...shirt stenciled with the name of a local gym, Pat Jordan looks like the jocks he writes about. The similarity is purely deliberate. Jordan, son of Pasquale Giordano, went through a disastrous season as a professional baseball player and never quite got over it. At 38, he stays in shape by compulsively pumping iron twice a day. He keeps his psyche in trim by reminiscing with cronies in bars. "I make my social contacts there," says Jordan. "Writing is lonely. You have to get out and talk to someone...
...shade of pale green applied in rich, oily glazes. Breaking from the self-conscious traditions of the Chinese, the Korean potters indulged their own romantic sensibilities, producing elegant, elongated vessels. Some bloomed into flowers and animals-a water dropper took the form of a monkey; a tea dish the shape of a water lily...
Representative government on Capitol Hill is in the worst shape I have seen it in my sixteen years in the Senate. The heart of the problem is that the Senate and the House are awash in a sea of special interest campaign contributions and special interest lobbying...