Word: waits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wait. The alternate question is discuss the impact of Sadaharu Oh's homerun record on dollar-yen exchange rates. At one point in recent history the number of yen needed to buy one dollar was equivalent to Oh's annual homerun output...
Apartment hunting in many cities has taken on aspects of stalking big game. First there is the uncertain trek through the wilderness of newspaper classifieds, riddled with bait-and-switch ads for apartments that were just rented, sorry. There is the patient wait for the quarry, an exercise in stealth, timing and cunning. Finally-if the hunter is lucky-there is what appears to be the target: lg studio, din. area, dressrm, window, kit. D/W, so expo. Then comes the price for bagging what is really a one-room flat: perhaps $350, plus another $350 security, plus maybe another...
...coverup, the President answered: "No-it is wrong, that's for sure." But just what inflection was in Nixon's voice when he made this remark, or the many other similarly intriguing but ambiguous bits of dialogue quoted in the transcripts? The public will have to wait to find out. Last week the Supreme Court refused to turn over the 22 hours of Nixon tapes that were played at the Watergate cover-up trial to Warner Communications, the broadcasting networks, public television, and a news directors association, which had been seeking them since...
...knees! In passing, note the ripples of protest that exfoliate up from the ankles through knees to outer thighs, the pebbly grind of hip sockets trying to accommodate swiveling joints. Good. Tendons, sinews, muscles and bones should now unite in sending an urgent message to the brain. Ouch! Wait a nanosecond for the translation. Here it comes: "Cut it out, will you? People were not built to stand this way. " Disregard this perfectly valid information. Now, dance...
...York: a star is born who might, just might, be capable of being made. So recognized, this singular creature is then cosseted and punished, cradled from outside interruptions and given every imaginable opportunity to fall smack on her overextended haunches. Meanwhile, the cognoscenti settle back for a long wait. A verdict should be in in about ten years...