Word: unraveling
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...with, many have lost their grip on their traditions and values. The land will mend, but what of the social fabric? In some places it is already tattered beyond repair, and the longer those millions of refugees stay cooped up in their tin sheds, the more the fabric will unravel...
Muskie took some time to unravel Fuller's visionary verse. But last week he replied in the Times with 44 lines of his own bad poetry. After reeling off a few contemporary images-"nemesis clouds," "putrid smoke," "noxious oxides"-he got to Fuller's Maine point...
...have spent over ten years trying to unravel the mystery of muddy-bloused Ulysses Grant's victory over the impeccable Robert E. Lee. Thanks for providing the answer: it was the Sukhomlinov Effect [Feb. 1], of course...
...years to unravel history's worst mess-which we helped create at Yalta-only to make things worse by allowing the Berlin Wall. The Germans have no choice but to take matters into their own hands, if there is to be any hope for a just solution between the two Germanys and to the cold war. I am glad that Willy Brandt has the courage to seek new ways of establishing peaceful coexistence with East Germany and the countries east of the Oder-Neisse line. This man and his countrymen deserve our support...
JOHN is meaner than an alligator with abscessed teeth, but he's also a hell of an interesting animal to watch." With these words, a former associate of Secretary of the Treasury-designate John Connally previewed the spectacle awaiting Potomac watchers who may seek to unravel the dynamics of President Nixon's newest Cabinet member...