Word: winging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part of men who have made their careers in politics--to develop a better working relationship with the academic community. It is possible that Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, who apparently was the moving force behind the Avineri appointment, is seeking to establish the Foreign Ministry as the conciliatory, doveish wing of the government, in contrast to Shimon Peres' hard-line Ministry of Defense. Allon has on occasion indicated, and here I too become a code decipherer, that his views on peace negotiations and a final settlement are considerably more flexible than those of his prominent collegues in the cabinet...
...occasional butterfly has come the adjustment to college hockey in general and Harvard hockey in particular. Purdy divides styles of play in East and West, noting that "It's a much faster, finesse-oriented game out here. In the West, it's basically up and down the wing with brutal checking...
...liberal-to-left wing of the Democratic Party is especially dubious, fearing that his independence may be a camouflage for a closet conservative. He is also not part of the old-boy liberal network. When he won in New Hampshire, liberals held some anguished meetings about what to do. Says Joseph Duffey, director of the American Association of University Professors: "The anti-Carter sentiment is the cultural provincialism of a group that finds it hard to relate to someone who is neither a knee-jerk liberal nor an ideologue." Mark Shields, a Washington-based Democratic campaign consultant, believes the "problem...
...cover on Thor. While both vessels were running closely abreast at a brisk 16 knots, one of them-the accounts differ-veered toward the other. Warning blasts were sounded, engines were thrown full astern. It was too late. Yarmouth's bow sliced into Thor, ripping away the starboard wing of the gunboat's bridge...
...Holland, investigators stepped up their efforts to discover whether Prince Bernhard really did receive $1.1 million from Lockheed, as alleged. They got permission from the Swiss government to interrogate Swiss residents who might be able to shed light on the scandal. Meantime, two left-wing members of the Dutch Parliament boldly demanded that the Prince's private life should be investigated, too. Gossip sheets further titillated Europeans by talking of Bernhard's friendship with French Socialite Helene ("Pussy") Grinda, 32. The London Daily Express reported rumors that Bernhard had used Lockheed money to meet "personal commitments...