Word: sure
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...relatives are no longer satisfied with my standard "what-I-will-do-when-I-grow-up" speech. And I'm not sure I still want to be a police officer or an acrobat...
Thatcher at one point appeared to speculate whether Kohl was in favor of an outright elimination of tactical nuclear weapons. "I'm sure Mr. Kohl will correct me if I have misunderstood him on this issue," she said...
Wright, to be sure, would have none of that. On occasion during the week he looked haggard, and he told reporters wryly, "I believe I have had easier times." But he made himself conspicuous, bustling about the halls of Congress and on at least two occasions visiting the White House, most of the time wearing a defiant grin; like many politicians, he can smile on cue, whatever his inner feelings. He emerged from a closed meeting of the Democratic Caucus to report, "I told them I intend to fight and I intend to win." He renewed a demand that...
...lower tiers, where the daily life of the nation is conducted, abortion is sure to remain a burning issue. So long as Roe survives, the pro- life movement will keep up pressure for its reversal. And if the court dismantles Roe, the U.S. is likely to see a situation not unlike the one it lived through during Prohibition, when the law was flouted -- sometimes openly, sometimes covertly but very widely. A new era of uncertainty will open for American women, whose opportunities in life have been transformed in part by the freedom that Roe afforded. But two things are certain...
...prime reason for the nervousness is that no one is sure just how much property the Government will be taking over. Stuart McFarland, chairman of Virginia-based Skyline Financial Services, which manages 8,000 repossessed properties in 21 states for the Government, estimates that the real estate might total $200 billion or more. The load of S & L properties is compounded by a growing stock of real estate that other Government agencies have taken over in recent years because of loan defaults. The Farmers Home Administration will have to dispose of 1.3 million acres of farmland, a territory roughly...