Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Conservative Digest (circ. 85,000). Published by Richard Viguerie, the New Right's master fund raiser, this monthly calls itself "the magazine for the new majority" and talks tough about "neutralizing liberals" and putting prayer back in politics...
...years after the locals sent their British bosses packing, the Oxford authorities have decided to acknowledge the American Revolution. George Bernard Shaw once said, "England and American are two countries separated by a common language." Oxford does not try to bridge the gap; instead it has attempted to master the language from across the ocean...
...effort has an admirable simplicity ("an arrangement or pattern with intersecting lines") and certainly surpasses the bulky Webster entry ("a fabric or structure of cords or wires that cross at regular intervals and are knotted or secured at the crossings") but neither improves on the work of the master...
...Woodland Hastings, professor of Biology and master at North House, agreed with Chafin this week, saying that the closer proximity and the fact that the congested Square area will lead to greater police mobility...
...Brien, 50: "I like her innate grand manner. I think she will grow up to be one of the wonderful, impressive ballerinas-like the great old girls, only without being bulky." David Howard, a teacher who has worked with Darci and many other top dancers, has a ballet master's unblinking eye. Says he: "She has good legs, good training and inborn strength. She is a little wide in the shoulders. She will have to learn to camouflage it and create a softer illusion." He questions whether Darci is climbing too fast: "There is not enough patience today. Many...