Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pretoria government is trying to keep news of its repression away from world attention precisely because it knows that such accounts can inflame international opinion and increase pressures for more sanctions. Many countries already have a wide range of restrictions on contacts with South Africa, ranging from sporting events to the sale of oil. It was in an atmosphere of protest that the House of Representatives two weeks ago passed a bill calling for a ban on all U.S. trade with South Africa, except for strategic minerals necessary for national defense. In the Senate, a milder bill is expected...
Wrong. This is Hollywood comedy. It turns out that the kidnappers are not bloodthirsty villains but an all-American couple named Sandy and Ken (sounds like...Barbie and Ken), who have been exploited by the forces of domination, i.e. the evil fashion industry. Wide-eyed Sandy (Helen Slater), who dreams of being the next Gloria Vanderbilt, apparantly originally designed the Spandex miniskirt which made Sam Stone his fortune, and the oppressed seek revenge...
After graduation Scalia married Maureen McCarthy and spent six years as an associate with a large Cleveland law firm, where he expertly juggled a wide variety of cases. He left to take a job teaching at the University of Virginia Law School. In 1971 he became general counsel of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy, where he resisted the attempts of Nixon aides to tamper politically with public television and began to develop his academic specialty, the rather arcane field of administrative law. After several years in the Justice Department, Scalia went back to teaching...
...Square you can try. Words-worth (30 Brattle St.) is well-organized and has the best service of the bunch, as well as a small discount. Right across the street, Paperback Booksmith (25 Brattle St.) stays open until mid-night every day of the week. It stocks a wide variety of general reading and has a different selection of classical music to browse to daily...
...like this," says Steiner. "It has to be many thin slices folded at the edges so there is the right texture, and the meat must be even on the bread so the customer doesn't bite through empty sides. That takes training." Nor can just anyone open a mouth wide enough to bite into one of those beefy extravaganzas. That takes training too, as does the capacity to ingest a complete sandwich at a single sitting. No wonder many customers take home uneaten halves for later meals...