Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last month, Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci shouted developer John L. Hall off the council floor during a short recess, later calling the incident one of the worst ethics violations in his 34 years on the council...
...protest only with disappointment the best of solutions implemented in the most short-sighted fashion. Students should press to keep the old lottery system until a new one can apply fairly...
...Bundy's life is to have any positive impact, it is to warn us how short is the path from civilization to savagery, and how easily traveled...
...their congratulatory notes. He gave Government employees two lectures about ethics -- something hardly anyone opposes -- implying that the store is now under stricter management. Bush also reversed Reagan's deaf-ear strategy for handling the press, inviting several reporters to dinner and asking others to the Oval Office on short notice for impromptu question-and-answer sessions. Just in case anyone missed the point about a fast start, the President even went jogging...
That energy is matched by his knack for mobilizing essential resources -- like classrooms. After a short drive from the Taylor Center, he parks before the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. "They're leasing us ten unused rooms for $1," Doss beams, before rushing off in his battered Olds wagon to a meeting with fund raisers...