Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...reflection, I am persuaded that there is a major advantage in involving a new dean in the work of the Michelman committee as early as possible. In this way, its recommendations will probably have a greater impact in the long run." The committee plans to start making recommendations during the next school year...
...phlegmatic. By contrast, Jane and Michael's banker father sings, "Tradition, discipline and rules must be the tools." Mary manages to convert him eventually, though. The Politburo would surely censor this film--never has the case for healthy dissent been so eloquently stated. The message is simple: if you start worrying about conquering nations, you easily forget to feed the birds. And that can be very, very costly...
Maybe it's time to return to that practice. Let's trade a little, Mr. Carter. Stop building the MX missile, and start apologizing to Iran. Maybe pass the ERA. And perhaps the Supreme Court, after a brief rereading of the Constitution, might overturn last week's abortion ruling. All I ask is a little progress, and I'll be first in line at the post office...
...sports car race, young Thatcher, positioned 30th in a field of 34, suffered what he later called "a momentary lapse of concentration" while negotiating an S bend at 80 m.p.h. His Osella skittered crabwise across the track, bumped to a stop against a safety barrier and refused to start. Thatcher, who made his driving debut just one year ago, was unhurt but thoroughly crushed and teary-eyed. The London press was not sympathetic: STOP SNIVELLING, MARK-YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW, scolded a Daily Express headline. In Britain, one expects a stiff upper lip trom...
That was the way an envious competitor described Harper's at the start of the Civil War. Since then, however, it has rarely been popular or profitable. Founded by four brothers in New York City, Harper's has spent most of its 130 years awash in red ink, losing $1.3 million annually since 1977. Last week America's oldest monthly received its long-feared death notice. Said Otto Silha, chairman of the parent Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co.: "It was no longer desirable for the company to support its operation in the light of increased costs...