Word: mr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Therefore be it resolved, that this City Council go on record as opposed to the welcoming of Mr. Mobutu Sese Seko and further that this City Council consider Mr. Seko as a Persona NonGrata in the City of Cambridge," theresolution stated...
...last show was Mr. President (1962), a failure. But he continued to pick out tunes just the same. "The question is," he would ask rhetorically, "are you going to be a crabby old man or are you going to write another song?" He watched his parade of birthdays go by quietly, embarrassed by the fuss made by the world at large. Though fans gathered outside his Manhattan town house for a 100th birthday serenade, he was unimpressed with his longevity. "Age," he observed, "is no mark of merit unless you do something constructive with it." What he did was indisputable...
Peace talks have been known to founder on far less. As of now, the discussions are scheduled to begin Oct. 16 and to continue on a monthly basis, as proposed in Mexico City. Cristiani is heartened by this timetable. "What happened to Mr. Duarte was that he had isolated meetings with ((the F.M.L.N.))," he said. "If one of those meetings failed, that was it." Cristiani expressed a willingness to discuss the F.M.L.N.'s proposals for judicial and electoral reform. At the same time, he shot down key elements of the F.M.L.N.'s nine-point plan put forward in Mexico, most...
...must classify by ethnicity, The New York Times reported recently that some of the most active criminal networks in New York involve immigrants from South America, Central America, and the Soviet Union. Italians did not merit mention on the list. Then what but prejudice could have prompted Mr. Troyer to use an Italian word for "mobster" where no ethnic designation was appropriate...
...your own words, Mr. Troyer, your language "veers between stupid and racist." Cynthia M. Monaco