Word: surely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...perhaps an overly hasty judgement. In some matters, to be sure, the new Premier echoed Salazar's old policies. Caetano insists that Portugal's determination to retain its African "provinces" was a matter of national policy and not just the whim...
Unheeded Advice. When a student tackles a technically difficult piece, like the Wieniawski concerto, Galamian makes it a little more difficult by asking quietly: "Sure you are ready to play this?" He means from memory, the way he plays everything. Surprisingly, he never did much concertizing of his own. How could he, when he was 14 at the time of his first lesson? His first lesson as a teacher, that is. When he talks about his childhood in Moscow, he says only that he was the son of an Armenian cotton merchant, a shy boy who wanted...
...days as a political activist. During the 1964 presidential campaign, Craig went to work for the Lyndon Johnson campaign headquarters in Van Nuys. Later, Craig dropped the President a note: "I'll support you again in 1968, if you'll promise to support me in 1988." Sure enough, Craig was invited to the inauguration. When he stepped off the plane back in Los Angeles, half the student body from his school was there to meet him with signs reading "HUNDLEY FOR PRESIDENT-1988." Craig liked that. As he is well aware, careers in show business did nothing...
Emerald Isle-sure and it warms the cockles of your heart! A wallop of ice cream, a dollop of fudge sauce, a flurry of mint and cocoanut, a halo of whipped cream...
...vacation retreat in Florida, Nixon worships at Key Biscayne's Presbyterian church. Nevertheless, he still lists himself as a Quaker. His mother described him once as "an intensely religious man, but he shuns even the restrained rituals of the faith. I am sure other Quakers understand my son. They know why he has been the center of so many controversies. Quakers are gentle and tolerant people, but they are also stubborn in defending their opinions and high-minded in pursuing their ideals...