Word: straightener
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...tolerant toward the dissident groups, especially leftists who encourage militancy among the minorities. "We knew they were non-Islamic, but they proved to be nonhuman." The Ayatullah also fumed at his appointed government's failure to rule effectively. Said he: "I shall come to Tehran and straighten things out in a revolutionary way if they don't shape...
...fantasies of meeting her father and punching him out. When she returns to her old neighborhood the street kids say, "Hey, there's Little Star," in tones that make her feel not quite comfortable. But working in the movies can be fun, she says. "It can straighten you out. I feel much better now. I used to feel that I was halfway dead...
Yant says he feels vindicated, but not completely satisfied. "Weikel is getting by with a slap on the wrist," he complains Yant is now working on a book about his experiences, while trying to straighten out his lawsuits and his life. He has gained one perspective. "I came here thinking this would be the typical mid-American city," he says. "The sad thing is, it just maybe...
...some difficulty persuading anyone to care about one well-mannered vampire, whose depredations seem mild compared with all the other forms of urban chaos. In point of fact, the count's passion for Cindy is obviously good for her, just what she has always needed to straighten out her life...
...first jobs undertaken by Jane Cahill Pfeiffer when she arrived last fall as NBC's new chairman, Silverman's second in command, was to get to the bottom of the scandal. The former IBM vice president has also stepped on toes trying to straighten out the network's tangled management structure. Said one executive: "She has a Mother Superior complex." Chipped in another: "I understand that at IBM they don't fire people, they just reorganize in such a way as to drive someone out. That is exactly what is going on here...