Word: wondered
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...Vadis" brand septanote (seven day) wonder is a black vinyl number that she whips out at any opportunity-whether jotting election battle plans or setting a civilian lunch date. "Quo Vadis" claims a pedigree dating back to 1954 and sports the suspect warning that "Quo Vadis diaries are addictive...
...being popular. Odds are, if you're a visionary, most of your years have been a struggle to get others to see what is so apparent to you. This requires arguing people out of long-held beliefs, absorbing countless verbal assaults and clinging to your judgment while friends wonder when you'll start explaining your position to your dog. Yet with every passing day, you grow more certain that you're right...
What seems almost certain from the doctors at the scene is that Diana was beyond the point of rescue when help reached her. Some still wonder, pointlessly, whether a seat belt would have made a difference for her as it did for Rees-Jones. He alone survives, recuperating slowly and painfully in the same Paris hospital at which the princess died. His story will be well worth hearing--when he regains consciousness and, more important, if he can recall what happened...
...being set up for a punch line. At the time, Meader was one of the country's most popular performers, thanks to his ability to impersonate the 35th President with gently mocking good humor. His 1962 album, The First Family, was the nation's fastest-selling LP ever. No wonder Lenny Bruce is said to have walked onstage the evening of the assassination and, after a respectful pause, to have broken the silence with "Man, poor Vaughn Meader...
...McNamara stated, "The message of politicians to police that they are soldiers in a war may be driving these angry and violent expressions of contempt. It is common in war to dehumanize the enemy. And all wars produce atrocities." If that's what police officers think, it's no wonder that some are seduced by the power a police badge can bring. Officers who adhere to that sort of philosophy end up creating wars of their own where there were none before. I have enormous respect for police officers, but an example should be made of those who harbor racist...