Word: tucks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...censure, a majority of bishops favor the idea of women's ordination. A change, however, must also win approval from the House of Deputies (priests and laity) at next year's bicameral church convention. With substantial priestly opposition expected, next year's decision looks "nip and tuck," said Washington, D.C.'s Bishop William Creighton, who favors the change...
...already in the hands of nearly 40 million people (out of a total of 70 million who will eventually receive them), making more urgent the biggest economic question of the moment: What will consumers do with the bulk of the money? Use it to repay old bills? Tuck it away in savings accounts? Or spend it promptly in ways that could help the economy recover from its worst slump since the 1930s? Last week a survey by TIME correspondents clearly indicated that most of the early dollars are indeed being spent quickly. This finding strengthens hopes that an upsurge...
...have one of the great forearms in tennis," suggested Political Trickster Dick Tuck. "To strain my arm in this would have been foolish, so I didn't." Tuck's comments were a waggish explanation for his defeat in the Esquire Gala Celebrity Mixed Invitational Arm-Wrestling Tourney held last week in Manhattan. While bartenders boosted the spirits of waiting contestants, Actor Peter Boyle, Singer Mac Davis, ex-Housewife Pat Loud and nine others soon joined Tuck in the loser's circle. The women's division championship went to Model Margaux Hemingway, whose vigorous gum-chewing...
...nothing like it was in the Beanpot finale when the Terriers peppered Brian Petrovek with some 33 (depending on who you talk to, the official scorers or the team managers) testing shots. Saturday evening, B.U. merely took advantage of sloppy plays and slow reactions by the Crimson squad to tuck seven goals past Petrovek...
...right out of Butterfly. But the sound is distinct and modern, punctuated by post-romantic dissonances. Then there are charming interludes peculiar to Janáček. He loved duplicating spoken inflections and rhythms in sung speech. He doted on mini three-and four-note motifs and liked to tuck folk songs and Greek church modes into his music...