Word: strode
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iranian airliner was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz. This is a terrible human tragedy. Our sympathy and condolences go out to the passengers, crew and their families." At 1:30 p.m. a tense and obviously tired Admiral William Crowe, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, strode into the Pentagon briefing room to deliver the shocking details to the waiting reporters. He explained that the Vincennes had fired on the plane only after giving it several chances to identify itself. Crowe defended the actions of the Vincennes and its commander, Captain William C. Rogers of Fort Worth...
THOMPSON'S introduction of Jackson was unmemorable. After five minutes of glory, God And America-as-pulpit, and a claim that he and Jesse were brothers, Thompson called his fellow servant to the Lord forward. Jesse strode to Thompson's side with no idea what was to come...
Robert Dole called it a "man-to-man" talk, but it looked and sounded more like a tirade. During a lull in the Senate contra-aid debate, the Republican leader angrily strode up to the rostrum where George Bush was presiding, pounded on the desk and waved a Bush campaign press release in the Vice President's face. For five minutes he took his rival for the Republican presidential nomination to task for practicing what he called "low-down, nasty, mean politics...
...controversial New Jersey high school principal, and asked him to sound off for this week's cover story on school discipline, Clark invited her to accompany him on his rounds. Off they went at breakneck speed, he with his infamous bullhorn in hand, she with her notebook. Clark strode swiftly along the corridors, swooping down to pick up stray scraps of paper and barking orders at his staff. When Clark finally sat down to talk, he remained hyperactive, bouncing out of his seat to make heartfelt points. After a dozen interviews with other educators in New Jersey, Simpson came away...
Sporting a cowboy hat and his trademark Mickey Mouse tie, Ronald Reagan's onetime political guru Lyn Nofziger strode into federal district court last week to become the first person to stand trial for violating the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. Nofziger, who resigned as a White House aide in January 1982, is accused of illegally lobbying the Administration on behalf of three clients, including the scandal-plagued Wedtech Corp...