Word: softener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party victories in Chihuahua elections by staging a 40-day hunger strike and organizing sit-ins on highways and bridges that tied up traffic across the Rio Grande. Alvarez acknowledges that under the current system no P.A.N. candidate can seriously hope to be President, but dim prospects do not soften his rhetoric. "How could we possibly do worse?" he asks. "This government is inefficient, corrupt and has brought the country to disaster...
...mother church" of the worldwide Anglican Communion. On Feb. 6 the church's bishops issued a report endorsing the ordination of women. The study's purpose: to simplify the complicated and divisive process that may authorize female clergy for the Church of England by the early 1990s and to soften any disruptions in church life that such an action would cause...
...surprising frankness of the second national trade unions conference illustrated last week, Jaruzelski appears to be taking a different tack to haul his economically and spiritually exhausted nation out of the quagmire. Most notably, the ramrod-straight Polish army general, who has lately tried to soften his austere image by mingling with factory workers and common folk, now seems prepared to pry loose the lid that clamped shut on critics of his regime after the military crackdown five years ago. Indeed, the Polish leader admitted last week that some actions recently taken by his own officials "were mishaps, like...
Occasionally Larson's editors censor his wit, deleting scatological references or asking him to soften a caption. If Larson is bothered by this, he also realizes that his warped humor is not typical funny-page fare. In fact, he seems nonplussed that something as bizarre as The Far Side could be so popular or that he could be handsomely paid for letting his imagination race wild. "Maybe it's my blue-collar background, but work meant to me that you come home covered with sweat," he says. "Now I just have to brush away the eraser shavings." Larson may dirty...
...have perished, vs. 100,000 Iraqis thus far), the war has served a valuable purpose for Khomeini by distracting Iranians from the failure of the revolution. While most observers believe that not even the death of the 86-year-old leader would bring an Iranian withdrawal, it would probably soften Tehran's attitude toward negotiations...