Word: eminente
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This revelation interrupts and transforms Barclay's struggle. An eminent though declining novelist, Barclay has been beseiged by a young American academic, Rick Tucker, who badly wants to be the foremost expert on Barclay. As the novel begins, Barclay discovers Tucker rooting through the dustbin looking for torn-up papers...
Although there are problems with US adoption of "no first use"--our commitment to NATO for example--the principle, which has been advocated by a series of distinguished Americans, is deserving of greater attention by Washington. As a first step, it would make eminent sense for the US to confer...
The city fought back. The next day a circuit court judge issued a restraining order which temporarily prevented the Colts from completing their move or playing anywhere else but in Baltimore--the first step in the effort to recapture the team under the legal doctrine of eminent domain. But locking...
(20 of 24) support of State and other agencies. The Soviet challenge was handled in the West Wing Situation Room of the White House. U.S. strategic forces went to a higher state of readiness, a strong reply to the Soviet ultimatum was sent to Moscow, and the President won out...
DIED. William Powell, 91, suave actor whose resonant voice and easygoing elegance made him the movies' pre-eminent American gentleman; in Palm Springs, Calif. His silky good looks and pencil-thin mustache first got him typed as a villain in silent films, but when sound arrived, Powell became an...