Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weak effort to prosecute non-registrants and the sheer lack of any coherent plan for doing so has been a lesson in bureaucratic mismanagement. But much worse has been the smokescreen of misleading actions the government has thrown up throughout the last year to mask this failure. Instead of being honest with the public and admitting that their efforts to prosecute non-registrants have been absolutely ineffective, officials have insisted at every point that their capability to enforce the law was greater than it is. The Selective Service and Justice Department have been bluffing with a weak hand, the kind...
...singles bars. The meeting is casual and easygoing." At some of the fancier coed clubs, the appeal is strongly sexual, and less serious members spend more time cruising poolside or matching sweatbands with leg warmers than they do working out. The laid-back atmosphere of the clubs and the sheer physicality of sleek, scantily clad bodies in close proximity make meetings less artificial. "At the club, you can start a conversation naturally," says Art Kratkiewicz, 26, a Houston banker and member of the Texas Club. "It's not like going up to someone in a bar and asking them...
During his years in power, Begin so thoroughly dominated Israeli life by the sheer force of his personality that his sudden exit from politics was sure to usher in a period of instability. Shamir will not find it easy to fill the void left by the indomitable Begin, who could make peace with Egypt and wage war in Lebanon. But Begin's successor will probably be a transitional leader, as unlikely to respond to bold initiatives as to launch them. That will make it all the more difficult for him to sort out Begin's troubled, and troublesome...
...biggest challenge is getting the attention of dealers and consumers. Says Lally: "It is not enough any more to come up with a better product, with a better cost-performance ratio and new capabilities. Whoever controls the channels of distribution controls the market." The sheer volume of machines is clogging the market. Because of limits on shelf space and trained personnel, most computer stores can handle only three or four brands. Admits Sandow Ruby, the president of Tech Hi Fi, a chain with 65 outlets: "No one likes to look like a fool in front of his customers...
...separation from its parents. At twelve months, the golden age, the baby has begun to walk and talk, and knows that the whole world awaits. Sometimes, clinging to a chair, waving a spoon in a fist, the one year old will throw back its head and crow in sheer delight...