Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...worries some of the President's state leaders. Carter won Ohio in 1976 partly because of a heavy evangelical vote, but the rightists are now organizing. Says Jerry Austin, Carter's Ohio coordinator: "They're out there. How many I don't know. They have no track record...
...intermediary, Myers said, "I was intoxicated. I was drinking FBI bourbon." Myers, a former longshoreman, contended that he was not used to hard liquor. Turning bitter, he charged that "I was not given a fair trial" by the House, and accused the members of "lynching" him. Protesting that "I know now what it feels like to sit on death row," Myers warned the members that their votes to expel him would have the same effect as "hitting the button if I were strapped into an electric chair." Few legislators were moved. The vote to expel Myers...
...fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Chances are strong that the lame-duck session will not accomplish much. Not until some time after a new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, and President Carter or President Reagan is inaugurated on Jan. 20, will some Government departments and agencies know what they can legally spend during the fiscal year that began last week...
...quintessential boy, bemused by his ability to whip out a story (he does most first drafts in a matter of hours) and thrilled by his success. Most people lose the capacity for wonder as they grow older. Not Bradbury. "I'm one of the few people I know who still say 'Gee, whiz,' " he admits. "I say it at least five times...
...business world toward the shrines of American folklore. It was also boyish optimism that inspired Agee to make his clarifying gesture in the first place. A realist will always let bad enough alone, but a romantic cannot help himself. And to be fair, how was Agee to know that by making a clean breast of things, which is supposed to be good for the soul as well as part of the American way, he would be snatching disaster from the jaws of suspicion...