Word: thins
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Some of the objections to naming a woman Vice President this year revolve around the vice presidency itself, and the qualifications one should expect a candidate to bring to it. The office is almost metaphysically bizarre. In some thin, Zen way, it is the most interesting office in American public life, a political antiworld: it is a condition of utter impotence that is a heartbeat away from the greatest power in the world. It is a form of political cryonics. The Vice President is, so to speak, flash-frozen and then, should the need arise, thawed out later. There...
...across the English Channel, an armada of shadows, only their lavender wing lights clearly visible in the thin moonlight. They took more than three hours to cross the Channel, then they dropped to 700 ft. to make their landing run. Suddenly they plunged into the turbulence of a thick bank of clouds. The pilots reflexively separated to avoid collision. As they emerged from the blinding clouds, sheets of flak began exploding all around them. Sergeant Louis Truax saw his plane's left wing hit, and then the paratroopers went sprawling. "One man dived out the door headfirst," he said...
...debate in the White House always seems to come around to the same question: Can the Soviets' belligerence be explained by the fact that they feel threatened by the U.S.? Sometimes President Reagan just sits and absorbs the negative litany from diplomats and travelers who still maintain thin strands of unofficial contacts. Sometimes he shows mild irritation and gives his head a shake of disbelief while answering his own question: "I keep reading that the Soviets think we are threatening their security." Reagan has rejected that notion, and so has his Secretary of State, George Shultz...
After some preopening financial difficulties, the fête accompile could still use some luck to go with its magic. It needs 65,000 visitors a day-12 million in all-to break even, and the first week was below that. Thin crowds on a few days left some attractions half-filled and dimmed part of the fair's delight. But word of mouth among those who came was virtually all enthusiastic, and official confidence remains high. Win or lose, the city is looking better than it has in memory. And it is palpably feeling good, with reason...
...world record, set by Bob Beamon of the U.S. in the thin air of Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics...