Word: straightening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kind of grandfatherly seminar on a range of issues that have touched his long life, from Communism to kissing. His respect for the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev has grown stronger. "I have met a number of leaders, and he is different," insists Reagan. "He is trying to straighten things out." For his part, the old actor would like to straighten out Hollywood. "((In)) a movie kiss in the old days, the two of you were barely touching lips. You did not want any face being pushed out of shape. It is awful." Maybe he should get back...
...former president says it "makes him sick" that the student activists' versions of the events of 1969 often portray him as a villain. "But it doesn't make any difference, because someday, the historians will straighten all this out," he adds...
...squared-off boxer's nose, but unpugnacious. As environmentalists go, they speak softly and strangely: California water distribution suffers under misguided socialist precepts, they argue. What it needs is fewer bureaucrats and more capitalists. Turn water into a commodity people can buy or sell, and the market will soon straighten out inefficient ways of using the stuff...
...hangout, holding hands, deep in conversation. The girl confides that she will spend the weekend with her biology professor; it is, alas, the price she must pay for a passing grade in biology. Same old soap opera, same old dilemma, and as with all such troubles, matters will eventually straighten out and soon worse crises will occur...
...David Beckwith in his White House office. Halfway through the discussion last Friday, the Vice President excused himself to take a call from his campaign chairman, James A. Baker. On his return, a deadpan look on his face, Bush declared he had called on his executive skills to "straighten the new kid out." Excerpts from the interview...