Word: teething
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...back have not strengthened my belief in my ability to deliver." Surely that Cowardly Lion can't be Director Steven Spielberg, whose blockbusters, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, have already grossed $630 million. It is, however, and he has an explanation for his chattering teeth: "All the movies I've made are different. Jaws was not like Close Encounters, and neither has any bearing...
...Carter off the hook because the American's presence in the talks may be the only way to consistently get the Israelis to heed the urgency of the Palestinian problem." This view is seconded by Noyes, who says, "What Carter has got to do is to put some teeth into the next proceedings...
...authors point out, 23 Harvard students went down to Philadelphia; seven signed the letter attacking my view of the conference's outcome. What do the other 16 think? Perhaps the Harvard organizers should check with their own delegates before they go running off with the bit between their teeth...
...jazz caravan visiting Havana for the first concert of its kind in 20 years, fellow Performers Kris Kristofferson and Wife Rita Coolidge duly toured socialist showplaces, including a pioneer school. Billy, by contrast, crammed a peaked cap over his swirl of black curls, clamped a cigar in his teeth and settled down on a beach to rap with enthralled young Cubans, who, from tuning in to Miami rock stations, already knew the words to such Joel hits as Big Shot and Only the Good Die Young...
...Ages," he charged. "There is a high priesthood; there are mandatory offerings." As hospitals and doctors enjoy more money, he said, "we get more surplus hospital beds, more surplus technology, and we create a medical arms race." Brown contended that the U.S. armed forces "have the highest tail-to-teeth ratio [support-to-combat troops] in the world. Cuts are possible; I say less tail and more teeth." He advocated some form of compulsory national service for young people, including nonmilitary duty. "We serve the country not by just marching around with a rifle, but by aiding the sick, watching...