Word: virginia
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...Prayer in Maltese, the age at which John Stuart Mill began learning Greek (three) or any of the other variegated trivia Bryan has gathered? Answer: to enrich the mind, astound friends and amuse dinner-table partners. The latter objective receives its own 19-entry chapter, in which Novelist Virginia Faulkner's advice is cited: "I ask the gentleman on my right, 'Are you a bed-wetter?', and when we have exhausted that, I remark to the gentleman on my left, 'You know, I spit blood this morning.' " Hodgepodge has an erudite word for just about every purpose and contingency, including...
...view of most Democrats, the President blatantly flouted these provisions. While the law does not define "timely fashion," the Democrats insist, that phrase cannot be stretched to cover a period as long as the 18 months of secret negotiations with the Iranians. Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia contends that the permitted delay "might be 18 hours, but not 18 months." Anyway, the Democrats claim, Section 501 demands that prior notice be given at least to the eight senior leaders no matter what. Says Congressman Wright: "The law is not ambiguous." Even some Republicans agreed. Said Indiana...
...prospective new majority leader, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, is a master of parliamentary strategy. But even back when Democrats ran the Senate, before 1981, Byrd was not a leader who could mold the party's agenda or articulate it well in front of the cameras. For these reasons he faces a spirited challenge from J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, a bright and more telegenic moderate who feels that a majority leader should use his office as a "bully pulpit" for projecting Democratic values to the American people. A secret ballot will be held by the Democratic caucus next week...
...quit the two supergroups for smaller agencies. One such advertiser is RJR Nabisco, which took away $32 million in accounts (example: Fleischmann's margarine) from Omnicom and $96 million from Saatchi & Saatchi/Ted Bates. Declared RJR Nabisco Chairman J. Tylee Wilson, speaking at an advertising convention two weeks ago in Virginia: "The wave of mergers has benefited the shareholders and managements of the agencies, but I'm the client. I'm selfish. Show me how the mergers will improve service...
Congressional leaders attending the White House briefing were Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas, Senate Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, House Democratic leader Jim Wright of Texas and Rep. Dick Cheney of Wyoming, chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee...