Word: stampeding
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It is premised on the idea that assuming the existence of a single path to the company of educated men and women is pure presumption--that the generation of 1900 is as blind as we are. Specific information about many specific subjects may be useful to us today, but several...
When the question of obstructionism is raised, Helms seems wounded. He plays by the book, he says. "I'm accused of holding up nominations and frustrating the will of the Senate. When you look at the record, it's not so." Then that glint flashes again, and he admits, "The...
Imagine six weeks' worth of British mail, more than a billion envelopes, stamped with the postmark JESUS IS ALIVE! It's enough to drive a nonbeliever round the bend. So it was no surprise that an outcry ensued when the slogan premiered last week, courtesy of Paul Slennett, owner of...
If repression stifles dissent, can absolute repression smother it entirely? South African State President P.W. Botha seemed intent on testing the proposition once again last week. Since declaring a state of emergency in June 1986, the Pretoria government has virtually stamped out violent protest in black townships that for more...
Occasionally an athlete will transcend his limitations and capture the imagination of those assembled, electronically and personally. This year's winner at that end of the Games is a 24-year-old plasterer from Cheltenham, England. Michael Edwards, also known as "Eddie the Eagle," points his toes downslope and fearlessly...