Word: sharpe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason he valued Lance so highly. He was obviously determined to send Lance back to Georgia with the highest recommendation that the President of the U.S. could give. The press conference was a moving, human performance. Yet, by insisting so vehemently that all of the many sharp criticisms of Lance's manipulations as a go-go Georgia banker had "been proven false and without foundation," Carter displayed a surprisingly irrational and stubborn refusal to face facts adverse to his friend and to his own reputation for cool judgment and high ethics...
...Mount Hermon-not only by Christian gunners but also by Israeli artillery. Under cover of those guns, Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled across their border into Lebanon. The mini war that has raged off and on in southern Lebanon for nearly a year thus took a sharp, dangerous turn...
Starting with Nobel and such other "merchants of death" as Alfred Krupp, Andrew Carnegie and the duPont family,Arms Bazaar by Anthony Sampson, a British journalist, traces the rise of the international arms market. As any good front-page journalist does, Sampson pays sharp attention to detail and leaves the analysis to more sophisticated writers. He merely tries to trace the industry point-by-point, producing an account valuable for researchers and pleasure readers...
...general, mellifluous names tend to have passive or negative meanings, and the macho names tend to sound like sharp, short yelps (Bart, Kent, Mac, Matt, Bill, Nate). Despite Bogart, Humphrey retains its depressing image ("terribly unpopular, sedentary"), but Sophia Loren has influenced her first name, which now means "a bombshell." Gina, Brian and Douglas are among the most dynamic and positive names...
...products of Land's new camera will be revealed to the public at a Museum of Fine Arts exhibit entitled "The Martyrdom of St. Paul: A Medieval Tapestry in Sharp Focus." In addition to the actual Martyrdom, the exhibit will include a life-sized, full-color reproduction of the tapestry's reverse side. It will also display ten 51-centimeter by 61-centimeter (20-in. by 24-in.) reproductions and magnifications of selected segments of the tapestry showing such details as the original stitching and repairs that have been made over the years. The museum will soon...