Word: soft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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James Marston, 26, a lanky, soft-spoken Texas native who graduated from New York University Law School, is the "fuzzy-cheeked" nemesis assigned by the attorney general's office to South Padre Island. Says he: "The people who come here and buy land or condominium units don't really know what the apparent dangers are from erosion or hurricanes. Some developers are farsighted enough to protect both the general public and their buyers, but others seem only concerned with making a fast buck and getting...
...terribly proud man" who detested weakness in other people and often spoke "disparagingly of those whom he felt to be soft and expedient." Indeed, by the end of his presidency, "his pride and personal contempt for weakness had overcome his ability to tell the difference between right and wrong. . . He was out of touch with reality...
...percentage of revenues, the oil firms' average margin was 4.5% in 1978, according to Data Resources. While this was somewhat fatter than the automakers' margin (3.97%), it was below the average for U.S. industry (5.25%) and far under some truly high-profit businesses, such as soft drink companies (7.8%), cosmetics makers (8.11%) and drug firms...
Canning, one of the very best of the English thriller writers, with 35 titles to his credit, combines suspense with ro mance, erudition and sardonic wit. He also reveals hard facts about some soft underBellies of Britain...
...broadcast said the Soyuz 33 space capsule, which did not dock with the orbiting Salyut 6 space laboratory on Wednesday, parachuted to a soft landing last night...