Word: sendoff
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...away at one book after another in order to support God knows how many ex-wives and college-age children. This is desperate work. Think how Mailer's way would have been eased if he could have made a few commercial arrangements. In describing Gary Gilmore's state-sponsored sendoff in 'The Executioner's Song,' Mailer might have billboarded a certain make of rifles and ammunition. "When you've got a nasty job to do and you can't afford a sloppy wing-shot...
President Bush's latest missile-defense sales pitch has done little to soothe the skepticism of both Washington's allies and its sometime competitors. The President's speech was a sendoff for a team of top administration officials heading for Europe, Russia and China to discuss Washington's plan to build a comprehensive missile shield (NMD)to protect itself and its allies - comprehensive in intent, although still for the most part undefined, because the science has not yet produced an even minimally reliable interceptor system. And from initial reactions to the President's speech, NMD will be a tough sell...