Word: wonderments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...father tells these people he isn't a bank. My reactions are about the same--except that I also wonder how a man of the cloth could be so hard of heart...
...think it mostly has to do with that we're young and certain people don't like the idea that we're getting books published, which is their right. But it's not really our fault," Eisenstadt adds. "I sometimes wonder if I were middle-aged what the reviews would be like, because they'd be a lot different. But I guess I wouldn't have written a book like this if I were middle-aged...
...appeasement of the Soviet Union. When Vice President Henry Wallace suggested a postwar policy of opening the skies to every plane, Luce dubbed his brainchild "globaloney." As for F.D.R., she said, he had "lied us into a war into which he should have led us." Small wonder, then, that hers was one of the most hotly contested seats in the country when she sought, and won, re- election...
Such successes might have been unthinkable only a few years ago, when the world tended to view many American products as singularly unattractive in quality and price. In retrospect it was no wonder, since U.S. industries were saddled with an overvalued dollar, vast payrolls, clanky factories and an overstuffed management. Yet in a relatively short span, the attitude and substance of much of American industry have changed. Competitiveness has become a top economic priority, and an overworked buzzword, from Main Street to Capitol Hill. American companies have slimmed down and smartened up, while at the same time the 35% fall...
...wonder what would have happened if the cowbell had kept ringing. Or if I had remained just...