Word: toothlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Toothless Lion. The slow, low-keyed coup is working; by week's end the leaders were reaching their goals. They had arrested most of the people on their list, including former Foreign Minister Menassie Haile, 44, onetime ambassador to Washington, and Ras Asrata Kassa, 56, who is Haile Selassie's closest adviser. In meetings with Endalkachew and the Emperor, the committee dictated terms that were hastily accepted. These include an imprimatur over six key ministries, including Defense and Interior; amnesty for political prisoners; plus a special session of Parliament to carry out constitutional reform...
...Toothless Prince Charming...
...think her Prince Charming was a toothless hockey player...
...Federal Energy Office, to allocate scarce building materials to parts of the country where construction unions agree to only modest wage hikes this year. Of course, not everyone is confident that Dunlop can hold back inflation with nothing more potent than persuasion. "How can you jawbone with a toothless jawbone?" asked Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson during a Senate Banking Subcommittee hearing last week. Replied Dunlop: "I am a great believer in the power of persuasion. That's my business...
...farthest Israeli penetration into Suez. They waved Egyptian flags, along with olive and palm branches, and chanted: "Welcome to Suez. Salute the heroes who destroyed 32 Israeli tanks." An old man, a cage of pigeons at his feet and a cup of tea in his hand, flashed a toothless grin and chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is the greatest...