Word: victor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Smith. "Awesome!' cries DeMoulin afterward, his trophy in hand. "I am psyched." JJ. Gertler, a formidable Amherst also-ran, is chatting "Don't you want to be in politics, J.J.?" friend asks. "Oh, my gracious, I hope not," he says. "We hope not too," chimes a passing victor, and Gertler, only momentarily speechless, manages a game smile...
...view that Nixon was the incarnation of evil is as wrong as the adulation of his more fervent admirers. What gave Nixon his driven quality was the titanic struggle among the various personalities within him. And there was never a permanent victor between his dark and sensitive sides. Now one, now another personality predominated, creating an impression of menace, of torment, of unpredictability and finally of enormous vulnerability...
...shuttle proceeded, a strange phenomenon became evident. Syrian negotiators, their armies pushed back into the environs of their capital, exuded the sense that history was on their side; militarily predominant Israel acted as if one wrong step would spell its destruction. There was a reversal between victor and defeated, with the stronger asking for guarantees and the weaker demanding territorial advance. Syria commanded respect in its selfdiscipline; Israel, compassion in its foreboding...
...Maude De Victor, a Veterans Administration counselor, uncovered the potentially lethal effects of the herbicide Agent Orange an American GI's and almost lost her job. (Does this story sound familiar...
...military academics dueled furiously for second place, and Army emerged the victor with 42 1/2 points. Navy finished third, Cornell fourth, Harvard fifth. Defending champion Penn fell to sixth, followed by Dartmouth, Yale, Brown and Columbia...