Word: wakeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sturdy fence of thorn and cedar to keep the lions out. One day, walking in the forest, Moses shouldered an enormous slab of cedar to add to his boma. "The lion makes me do a lot of work," he remarked. Sometimes the barricades do not hold, and the Masai wake to the bawl and crashing of cattle as the lion struggles to carry off his beef...
...support. Such reasoning could be wishful thinking. Last August, the House approved contra aid by a mere twelve votes. Notes Florida Democrat Dante Fascell, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: "A strong President, at the height of his popularity, was just able to drive it through." In the wake of Iranscam, he predicts, "there will be a lot of people saying 'Not this time...
...wake of the controversy over the speech, Holsman, a 1970 Wellesley graduate, resigned her trustee post, saying she felt her resignation would be in the best interests of Wellesley College...
...meter racing his hobby. But nearly everyone on the dock seems to believe he has singlehandedly killed it as a pleasure sport. "The weekend sailor has been shoved out," says Ted Turner, Captain Outrageous of 1977. Tom Blackaller, one of the advocates of leisure caught in Conner's relentless wake, mourns, "I'd like to get him the hell out of sailing. I think he hurts it." Conner sighs and explains, "What they're saying is, 'If I were willing to give as much as Dennis does, I could be as good as he is.' That's just an excuse...
...from day to day, from revolution to Yeti sighting to Est fest to Krishna love-in, and then one day you wake up and everyone's wearing tweed. Suddenly "sold out" just means "standing room only...