Word: worde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...self-made millionaire, is, in the faint praise of one observer, "probably the least unqualified." He has been president of the board of education, chairman of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and is well-connected in the business world. Despite that, his name is far from being a household word. When his big, orange-lettered posters began appearing, one voter quipped: "I've heard of Aly Khan and I've heard of Ali Baba. But who is this...
...fostering of a slow but steady growth of Micronesian political consciousness. At municipal, district and territory-wide levels, the Micronesians have been taught to elect their own officials and legislative bodies, and to begin to establish the appurtenances of self-rule. So far they are only appurtenances, since the word of U.S. High Commissioner William R. Norwood-and ultimately of the U.S. Congress-remains final...
...that he is probably guilty because he was guilty in the past. Should a defendant choose to testify, however, the prosecutor is permitted to try to impugn his credibility. In most states, prior convictions may then be introduced on the theory that they cast needed light on whether his word can be trusted...
...everyone is willing to do battle with Buckley on his turf. Buckley was anxious to match wits with Senator Robert Kennedy on Firing Line, offered him $500 and a role in planning the format. But Bobby was not about to rise to that tempting bale. He sent word back through an aide that he would rather not. Asked why he thought Kennedy had turned him down, Buckley replied: "Why does baloney reject the grinder...
...From the external evidence," he says, "it is apparent that the author definitely wanted his scroll to be taken as the law of God." Unlike all other apocryphal writings of the time, the new scroll is written as though the Creator himself is speaking. In other Qumran texts, the word God is written in a distinctive script, a reminder that the sacred name is too holy to pronounce; in the new scroll, the letters for Yahweh are written in the style of the rest of the text...