Word: strains
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
NIXON: No strain. Doesn't come outta me. I didn't, I never intended to use the money at all. As a matter of fact, I told...
Meanwhile Betts played in the shadow of Duane. But quietly he was building up a coherent strain of his own in the band's music. It ran through "Revival" and into "Blue Skies" and when Duane was killed broke out into the album Brothers and Sisters with "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica" and "Pony Boy." For his solo album he picked up fiddler Vassar Clements (the best) and an old pedal steel player of Dolly Parton's, and some of the Allmans, to produce Highway Call. All together it's the finest collection of road music--sounds to drive by, preferably...
...three doctors filed a report that concluded that 1) Nixon could not travel to Washington until at least Feb. 16, 2) he could not testify in a courtroom setting in California until Feb. 2, 3) he could not risk even the strain of giving a deposition in his home until Jan. 6. That posed a dilemma for Sirica, who is trying to wind up the trial by Christmas. Sirica could delay the trial's conclusion until after a deposition was taken. If this is done, the doctors recommended, questioning of the former President should be restricted...
Sweet Blessing The high price of sugar is not a sour taste but a sweet blessing. Sugar is a health menace that rots the teeth, adds pounds around the middle, and puts strain on the heart. So maybe the high price of sugar will make a heartier America. Bruce Lecheler Elmwood...
...growth in anti-Israeli feeling than to a new awareness of the Palestinians and their cause. But if there were to be another Arab-Israeli war, perhaps accompanied by a new oil embargo, the U.S. commitment that Israel has long taken for granted might be placed under severe strain. Some U.S. officials worry that at some future time, an Israeli government might misread a flare-up of anti-Israeli sentiment in the U.S. as a prelude to American abandonment and be tempted to launch a last attack while they still had American support...