Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that "out of respect for the Queen" he had decided to postpone Hills' execution. At the next day's meeting an argument apparently broke out between Amin and the British envoys. The negotiations ended when Blair, an old-school officer with a clipped voice, gave Amin a smart military salute and stalked out of the room murmuring, "I am very disappointed...
...favor with his straight-backed dad that he was forbidden to kick a soccer ball in the garden lest he wreck the rose bushes. He was refused permission to purchase mohair sweaters and Hush Puppies shoes, status gear he devoutly hoped would help him gain acceptance in the local smart set in the late '50s and early...
...reported that "at least 90% of those in state and county mental hospitals are not dangerous to themselves or others." Bruce J. Ennis, a civil liberties lawyer who argued the Donaldson case, adds, "Most of them are just old. They are homeless, penniless, friendless and maybe not too smart." Many will not want to leave and will remain as voluntary patients. In other cases, authorities may now decree that patients are dangerous or simply unable to "live safely in freedom." Still, there will be new pressure to release large numbers, if only because better treatment will be required for those...
...French were understandably angry. Although the F-16 was clearly superior, the Mirage was a smart performer itself and had other things going for it, among them a large number of French-speaking Belgians who would be outraged at a decision to choose the F16. But not even that consideration could outweigh aggressive salesmanship by General Dynamics and the U.S. Government. In the final hours before the decision, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger sagely offered Belgian policymakers a rationale for buying the F-16 while at the same time mollifying French-speaking voters. He gave Belgian Defense Minister Paul...
Princess Grace would rather not, thank you very much, think of her daughter Caroline, 18, as a millionette. "She is a very levelheaded girl," says Grace. Mom notwithstanding, Caroline is a natural ornament of any smart set. She is charming, mercurial and regal, a Grimm heroine who has all of Europe wondering what she will do next, and hoping against hope that she will only settle for Prince Charles. (She will not, because the Prince of Wales cannot marry a Roman Catholic.) Just now, Caroline is studying at Paris' elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques, and she is strictly...