Word: pointing
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Sackler also holds temporary exhibits on the ground floor. The current show--the Fredric Wertham collection of abstract art produced during the 1920s and 1930s--offers a striking counter-point to Sackler's permanent collection. Included in the exhibit are a series of paintings by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (F. Scott's wife) that Wertham, a psychiatrist, obtained while he was treating her for schizophrenia...
...related to my recovery" from an admitted dependence on alcohol and prescription drugs, another motive may have been to strike a deal with U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens. As his trial approached, Barry had gone to increasingly desperate lengths to stir up support among his mostly black constituents. At one point, he accused the Government of not only entrapping him but also actually trying to kill him with a potentially lethal dose of cocaine. He predicted that he could never be convicted because "in this town, all it takes is one juror saying 'I'm not going to convict Marion Barry...
...continued largely unabated. Efforts to find a solution were thwarted by the power of the timber industry, the bungling and inertia of the federal bureaucracy and the stridency of an environmental movement as quick to alienate as to persuade. But the conflict should never have reached the current crisis point. Forest ranger Schindler believes the coming economic turmoil might have been averted if the Government had weaned industry from its dependence on old growth by gradually reducing the level of harvesting. Instead the industry has been allowed to enjoy record harvests in recent years...
...example, to allow the stationing of Soviet troops for a certain period in what is today the German Democratic Republic. I also consider it feasible that in the parallel negotiations in Vienna -- but not in the Two-plus-Four framework -- we talk about troop levels generally. Because one point is very clear: the Soviet Union certainly has a legitimate security interest...
Ratings for Dan Rather, who has held the solo spot at CBS since March 1981, have dropped 55% from their peak. Brokaw is down 44% from his high point. And while Peter Jennings, the regular ABC anchor since 1983, has helped lift his network into the lead, the gains by ABC World News Tonight do not fully offset the losses at the rival networks. Something new is needed to bring the lost viewers back. To judge from the past eight months of surging public affection for her, Jane Pauley just may have...