Word: sures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democratic Party has no way of making sure that the politicans it supports keep their word," Reuther said. "Jimmy Carter made dozens of important promises in 1976 he has not kept," he added...
...Arabs the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jerusalem--in other words, everything they want. In return, Israel would receive a guarantee of American military presence in the Sinai and the Indian Ocean. Connally was so proud of the fairness of his proposal that he made sure extra copies were distributed to Jewish organizations and communities...
Vain, imperious, shy, a social throwback to the Old South, drowning like some failed Pleistocene fish in the swirling currents of democracy, Patrick Henry Bruce cannot have been an easy man to know. He refused to discuss his work, except with like-minded people; since he was sure that there was nobody like him in the art world, not one firsthand remark about his methods or aims has survived. In fits of depression, he destroyed part of his output; much of what he did not burn has been lost, and about half of his surviving late work was altered...
...remarks, John Paul has firmly indicated that he does not intend to be the Pope to do so. In addition, the celibacy vow binds a man in perpetuity, he says. The candidate who feels a vocation has a long time to decide and must be sure before saying yes. After that he must keep his word. John Paul has not approved any of the thousands of pending requests from priests to be released from their vows and revert to lay status with church approval. The Pope is now awaiting a report on the "laicization" of priests from a special commission...
...philosophy, laughter is the only effective painkiller available without a doctor's prescription. "If I were dying in a hospital of a terminal disease," says Taxi Star Judd Hirsch, "I would want Jim Brooks to come in and direct me on how to die. I'm pretty sure he would come up with something positive...