Word: concoction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lady Diana's wedding gown, plus two or three backup designs in case of a breach in security; the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, one of London's ancient guilds (founded in 1345, thank you), which was given the task of assigning one of its members to concoct the wedding bouquet. Think about Major Julien T. Kenwood, 36, of the Mounted Military Police, who, along with four other mounted officers, will lead Lady Diana in her Glass Coach from Clarence House to St. Paul's, and who admits that the whole thing "is a fairly daunting prospect...
Network's phenomenal success is due, in large measure, to Hollender's shrewd ability to live off the fad of the land. Network offers a class, for instance, on how to crack crossword puzzles. Gourmets can learn to concoct Japanese raw fish delights or cook a vegetarian Chinese dinner. Singles can practice "Love Strategies for the Successful Woman" and find "Fifty Ways to Meet Your Lover." Those interested in other figures can learn how to incorporate their own businesses, make investments under $2,000 and even read the financial page of a newspaper. People who want...
...clung to his hand, seeking from his fingertips assurance that he still respected her, would protect her reputation, would eventually marry her, and would love her forever. That didn't seem like too much to ask." When her pregnancy finally occurs, Sally and Jed marry and concoct an earlier wedding date that the town's mythology can live with. Her father gives Jed a job in the mill...
...oppression of their siblings in Pakistan, and this sentiment has long curdled relations with that state. But now we and the Pakistanis have become fast, friends. Thousands of Afghans are massing inside the Pakistani border. Here and There ejaculates, "The Afghans are a very sociable people and love to concoct reasons for getting together, no matter how feeble these may be." This time, though, the reasons are imperative. All we ask of Americans is that you satisfy Zbigniew Brzezinski's desire to give the Pakistanis arms we can shoulder in our struggle...