Word: wielding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...With Ustinov gone, the number of voting members in the Politburo has dropped to eleven, the lowest count in more than a decade. Sokolov may be elevated to the Politburo, but he is not expected to wield the same power that Ustinov did. A professional soldier, Sokolov began his career in the tank corps in the 1930s and rose through the ranks to become a regional military commander and, eventually, the senior administrative officer of the Defense Ministry. Said a NATO diplomat in Moscow: "The appointment does not change the basic rule that policy is made by the civilians...
...does nothing but restock greeting cards--the Coop offers more than 400 running feet of card displays in 1500 different holidays styles. The store also keeps more than 2300 rolls of gift wrap on the floor at one time, and for those who just can't wield scissors and Scotch tape the Coop offers free gift wrapping for purchases of $15 or more...
Ronald Reagan's greatest asset is his charm-something that flows naturally from him but that he can wield as effectively as a sharp rapier. I watched him charm a dinner table in June this year, a mixed group that included the coach of football's Dallas Cowboys and a Hollywood magnate as well as the guest of honor, Madame Jayewardene, wife of the President of Sri Lanka. She was very shy and ill at ease, but President Reagan, though tired from a day's travel, quickly sensed her anxiety and took it upon himself to entertain...
Belle-Linda Halpern, who plays Charlotte Corday, the fiery young woman who stabs Marat to death is at the same time a groggy somnambulist who can barely wield a knife: she shuffles about in circles and slumps to the floor while delivering impassioned soliloquies. Funny yet frightening, pitiful yet majestic, Halpern's performance is haunting. Christopher Moore is the "lucky paranoiac" who gets to play Marat. Suffering from a skin disease, the feeble and pinched looking Marat crouches in a bathtub. His fervent speeches sound simultaneously noble and pathetic as he bleats them in a madman's wavering voice. Although...
...this approach. Once we enter a world in which those with money and power feel free to exert leverage to influence University policies, we should not be surprised to find that universities have lost much of their valuable independence. Nor should we complain when we discover that those who wield the most power are not necessarily those whose policies are congenial...