Word: stirringly
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When asked about Bush's likely pick as hisrunning mate, Ford said that he believes the vicepresident will choose either Sen. Robert Dole(R-Kan.) or Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.), whom hetermed as being the "traditional" picks. But Fordsaid that Bush may "stir the political pot" bypicking a "first-class lady", either formerTransportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole or Sen.Nancy Kassebaum...
Among senior Administration officials there was speculation that Gorbachev would stir up a bit of excitement by announcing a unilateral withdrawal of some Soviet troops -- perhaps as many as 75,000 -- from Eastern Europe. Such a move would be consistent with the Soviets' vigorous courtship of Western Europe. As the Soviet Ambassador to West Germany, Yuli Kvitsinsky, put it last week, the Kremlin is eager to replace "the image of the enemy" with "the image of the friend...
...trouble was, he would say anything. "He delighted in turbulence," writes Clarke. "When none existed, he would stir it up." Clarke quotes Slim Keith's recollection that "he would invent something out of whole cloth, an absolute fabrication, and say, 'Did you know that X is having a walk-out with Y?' I would say, 'Oh, Truman, for God's sake! That's ridiculous!' Then I began to think about it more and wondered: is it that ridiculous? And something usually did come of his invention . . . he could cause a lot of trouble...
Though still five months away from its scheduled debut, a new syndicated show inspired by the colorful, low-calorie newspaper is causing a stir in TV circles. Like its print model, the USA Today TV show will be a fast-paced potpourri of news and features, divided into four sections: money, sports, life and USA (hard news). Except for one "cover story" of four minutes or so, the pieces will be brief and numerous (about 35 a half-hour). This broadcast spin-off of "McPaper" -- McRather, perhaps? -- has impressive parentage: it comes from GTG Entertainment, the new company headed...
...hopes to whet the appetites -- and curiosity -- of New Yorkers accustomed to such entrenched take-out sources as Balducci's, Grace's Marketplace and upscale supermarkets. Raley's in Northern California, out to trim fat profits from local Chinese restaurants, placed five chefs at a hot-wok counter to stir-fry such wonders as Peking ribs and kung pao chicken...