Word: actualizer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...onetime "good friend" of Mick Jagger, originally wouldn't sleep with either Jagger or Richards because of their zits: "She didn't think she could ever bring herself to kiss a man with zits." Sanchez reveals how the "water rats" line in "Live With Me" stems from an actual rat-shoot out at Keith's estate, and how the previously indecipherable "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" is actually a homophone for a recurrent voodoo phrase. On the subject of black magic, there's a great quote from Richards gleaned from the Daily Mail, which deflates Sanchez's allusions...
...communist" election winners are not "anti-communist" but simply not members of the CCP, Hofheinz said. Only about 4 per cent of China's population are actual party memebrs, he added...
Gardner denounced the orientation of current literary criticism toward empty scholarship and said it neglects the actual experience of reading...
...praise was by no means unanimous, and among the most vocal critics of the bailout plan was Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, which must consider the actual legislation involved. He blasted the proposal as "a massive giveaway for the taxpayers, and a massive windfall for the banks, stockholders and others who have the main stake in a Chrysler bailout." He also pledged to make any aid terms "as tough as possible...
Despite the sometimes impressive figures printed on weekly pay stubs, the average American worker continues slipping ever further behind inflation in terms of actual buying power. Over the past twelve months his real income, in non-inflated dollars, has steadily declined. Just since spring, inflation has eroded the total compensation of a person earning $20,000 a year by about $1,210. Even 10% pay increases at a time of 13% inflation results in a 3% drop in living standards...