Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Roth tax cut, which Reagan supports, as "sheer deception . . . the kind of hasty offer that can only be called by one word, and that is 'irresponsible.' " Concluded Carter: "It is a classic offer in a political year of a free lunch, something for nothing. The American people know there is nothing for nothing any longer...
...have brought these women together--invited them to a dinner, so to speak--in order that we might hear what they have to say and see the range and the beauty of our heritage, a heritage we have not yet had an opportunity to know," Chicago explains. The table rests on the "heritage floor," white-lustred porcelain embossed with the gold script names of 999 women, representatives of the thousands that history has consumed...
...CHINA, they say, scientists are learning to predict earthquakes by studying barnyard animals. When the pigs snort and hens cackle nervously, researchers know the tectonic plates will soon commence to bump and grind, and the earth to heave...
...There was a lot of heavy lobbying against the bill--whether it was from Harvard itself, Harvard loyalists in the legislature, or someone with absolutely no interest in the matter I don't know," Sullivan said later. "I tend to doubt the latter possibility, however," he added. Through it all, University officialdom maintained a stiff, rigormortised upper lip. "We have no objections to the bill." Robin Schmidt, vice-president for government and community affairs, said, although he would not say he supported the measure. "This has all been done in a reasonable manner," Schmidt's assistant, Lewis Armistead, added...
...ones are beginning to look, well, sad. They leave before the last race at the dog track and walk out across the vast parking lot, clutching their superfecta tickets. Someone catches the finale and dashes out, just making the train. And though the men would rather go home not knowing, they always overhear. They had the 4-3-7-1, and wouldn't you know it, they came in 4-3-1-7, and the tickets are ripped in half and thrown on the floor...