Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sharp-shooters John Willoughby at 170-pounds and Joe Biland can scare the tights off any wrestler in these here parts...
...Soviet leader said he hoped that two treaties could be signed next year: one calling for sharp cuts in both sides' long-range nuclear missiles when he and Bush meet next June in Washington; and another for cutting troops in Europe by the end of next year...
Unfortunately, simply treading water is no longer an option. The economy appears to be in a vicious downward spiral that requires radical action. The Heritage Foundation's Aron believes that in the coming months "Gorbachev will come to a sharp fork in the road. He will have to make a choice between a hard left or a hard right." Gorbachev and his reformist advisers know that a hard move to the right, toward a reassertion of police-state controls throughout society, would effectively end glasnost and perestroika...
When John Larew characterizes Americans who support Israel "because it is a Jewish state" as "Zealots," I am reminded of Golda Meir's sharp reply to a critic who asked her if Israel suffered from a "Masada complex" of last-stand heroism. (Masada was the last stand of Palestinian Jews against the Romans in A.D. 73.) "Yes, we do have a Masada complex," she replied. "We have a Masada complex, we have a Chmielnicki [where 100,000 Jews were murdered by Cossacks] complex, we have a Dachau complex...
Keverian's move to put pressure on House Democrats comes after sharp criticism of the speaker from both parties. Many lawmakers have attributed the legislature's inaction in response to a $720 million state budget deficit to a lack of leadership and direction from Keverian...