Word: sun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going during the last few weeks of March. Once it was imminent though, I was faced with the difficult decision of what to do with my week off. Most of my friends were pushing Florida, and after slogging through my third miserable New England winter, the prospect of sun, surf, and bronzed bodies was enticing. The problem that remained, however, was how to get down there...
...party seemed unified and Mondale's nomination appeared inevitable. The fact that seven other candidates showed up at the starting gate should have been a tip-off that this would be no live furlong romp. Now that the shine of the Mondale machine has been dulled by Florida sun and New England must and snow, new possibilities seem to be popping up every day. In the most interesting scenario, neither Hart not Mondale is able to nail down enough delegates, and the convention is forced to nominate a compromise candidate. Although if sounds far-fetched, it may become a necessary...
...taken 350 years for the Roman Catholic Church to acknowledge that Galileo was correct in asserting that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe...
...ideas for these tunes, particularly on defense matters, but as Truman's comment suggests, most of them were thought up long ago by others. None is as hoary as Hart's belief that U.S. land forces must learn maneuver warfare, a concept rooted in the thought of Sun Zi 2,000 years ago. The Chinese warrior wrote that successful offensives should be like streams rushing down mountains, seeking the paths of least resistance, flowing around obstacles instead of trying to go through or over them. Hart has consulted the fusty volumes of strategists like Germany's General...
...years, as he rose through the ranks of the Chicago Sun-Times from police reporter to editor and then publisher, James Hoge regarded the city's Tribune as the enemy camp in a chivalrous newspaper war. Hoge, 48, sought to increase his stake in the rivalry last year when the Sun-Times (circ. 639,000) was offered for sale, and he led an investor group that bid $63 million. The price was topped, however, by Australian Press Lord Rupert Murdoch, and a disheartened Hoge quit the paper in January. Last week he crossed his former battle lines: in April...