Word: trove
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Boitano could be counted on to enrich the trophy trove, but as he went into the final program, the hue was anything but certain. In addition, as the men approached the long segment, which counts for 50% of the total score, Boitano held the narrowest of leads. His stronger showing in the painstaking figures (worth 30%) gave him the edge, despite Orser's higher marks in the short program (worth just 20%). But that segment, lasting no longer than 2 1/4 minutes, was a boost for both men. Orser delivered a jazzy Fred Astaire send- up that he later called...
...cast a harsh spotlight on the often crass lobbying and campaign practices used against him. But it will not dampen the opposition to him -- or the essentially political nature of the decision the Senate will make. While Bork may be justified in charging he has been treated unfairly, his trove of controversial opinions and statements aroused deep concerns about the type of Justice he would be. With a divided court hanging in the balance, it was almost inevitable that the resulting political passions would play a large part in the confirmation process...
Individuals' papers and effects today can be scattered far beyond their physical persons and homes. The U.S. Government alone maintains some 3 billion personal computer files, a treasure trove through which an army of bureaucrats can search and snoop. Even more extensive are the records maintained by local governments, private credit agencies, banks, insurance companies, schools and hospitals. It is hard to live in modern society without leaving a long, broad electronic trail. Computers record where you reside and work, how much money you make, the names of your children, your medical and psychiatric history, your creditworthiness and indebtedness, your...
...documents represent only a fraction of the 1.5 million-page trove sequestered by Congress during the Watergate probe. Further releases are expected, but Nixon and his former associates are still challenging disclosure of some of the remaining material...
That is what Historian Stephen E. Ambrose has done in Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913-1962. His unauthorized but authoritative biography does not offer a trove of new information; instead it examines evenhandedly the voluminous record amassed by Nixon and his friends and enemies. This Nixon is neither hagiography nor hatchet job but something better: a balanced, thorough account of an engrossing story...