Word: stuffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bureaucratic battle over missile throw-weights would not seem to be the stuff of which best sellers are made. But when the author is Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, the Administration's outspoken hawk, some publishers are willing to take a chance. Perle wants to write a novel about his arms-control struggles with the more dovish former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt, now the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Perle has circulated a five-page outline for his first work of fiction, and bidding for the book has reportedly passed...
...older version of the soft drink. The changeover at McDonald's will be completed by the end of the month. Said Spokesman Robert Keyser: "We want to offer our customers what they prefer." According to the most recent national sales data, that is Classic Coke over the sweeter stuff...
...till Monday," he replies. Willie nags him to get out of the apartment and make friends. "I had friends," Joe snaps. "I didn't like it." At the end of one episode, Joe is even found in bed with a prostitute, without apologies. Not exactly the stuff of Nielsen winners, but a TV breakthrough: the first sitcom about loneliness...
...booing Bob Stanley is one thing. After all, when he pitches, it's double jeopardy for Sox faithful: opposing hitters have a field day with his stuff; and there's nobody left in the bullpen to smash stray beach balls mercilessly with the pitchers' mound rake...
...addition to doing outside ministry, one of the Society's principal functions is planning retreats, both for groups and individuals. "It has been the stuff of community's ministry for 100 years," says Father Smith. Members of the community often go out to parishes or schools to run their retreats, and groups and individuals both come and stay in the guesthouse to experience the religious life. Guests come to the Society from a variety of backgrounds and places (some have come from as far as Texas to stay with the monks) and for a number of reasons. While most spend...