Word: pressing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Bruce Bennett, who published Haviaras's prose poem collection for the Wells College Press, said that though he is a diligent curator, Haviaras is primarily an outstanding writer...
...intend to settle this lawsuit," one Philip Morris lawyer cried during the post-verdict press conference. "This is the result of an incredibly flawed procedure...
...Welcome to the daily press blackout." That's how State Department spokesman Richard Boucher began one of his non-briefings to the dwindling press corps in Thurmont, Md., trying to "cover" the Middle East peace talks. Although there were a fair amount of doings outside the summit - some speechifying by President Clinton, some high drama involving the arrival of semi-official Palestinians and Israelis seeking entrance to Camp David - info security remained remarkably tight...
...very, very short haircuts. They run an extremely tight ship: before the small party of reporters and lensmen were admitted into the compound for a brief photo session with the three smiling leaders, the Marines sternly lectured them that under no circumstances were they to bring in alcohol (those press guys!) use cell phones (which, to the glee of the White House, don't work well up here anyway) or to take any pictures outside the designated photo op area. Anyone caught doing so - or even raising their camera above their waist - would be detained, removed from the grounds...
...after years of rumblings, the atrocities of the diamond wars in Angola and Sierra Leone have finally infiltrated the mainstream American press, and ever so slowly, the assumptions about engagement rings are starting to change. That shift, which strikes so many as a callous dismissal of age-old tradition, actually represents something of a throwback - the colored gems finding favor in today's market were also extremely popular among 18th- and 19th-century brides...