Word: annoyances
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perfect day for fishing, so no one paid much attention when some of the faithful who crowded into St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw brought their rods, reels and tackle bags. As soon as the service was over, however, it became obvious that the worshipers were angling to annoy the government. From their satchels they produced large banners with the word SOLIDARITY stenciled in red paint, which they began to string from one fishing rod to another. As the banners appeared, hands shot up in the V-for-victory sign, and a shouting, cheering crowd set out to march...
...drop. Reagan in recent weeks has been hearing pleas to lower the deficit-perhaps by cutting defense spending, perhaps by reducing or delaying tax cuts-from conservative supporters in such organizations as the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers. So far the advice seems only to annoy the President. In a speech to the N.A.M. last week, he declared, "I've been a little disappointed lately with some in the business community who have forgotten that feeding more dollars to Government [by increasing taxes] is like feeding a stray pup. It just follows you home and sits...
...rape scene with somebody getting killed, right? Except that Derek-far from conventional-is not one to keep a low profile, Instad, he comes out in the oepn, sending flowers and busting into Jamie's house and snapping innumerable pictures of her, which serves only to annoy her constant male companion. Brandon (Michael Sarrazin). Derek is everywhere, and it's all a little too much to believe...
...institutions, commodities traders and other businesses with powerful lobbyists. Altogether, the bill will reduce federal revenues by $750 billion by fiscal 1986. Senator Edward Kennedy made a last-ditch fight against some of the $33 billion worth of giveaways to the oil industry but accomplished little more than to annoy colleagues anxious to begin the August recess. Democrat James Shannon of Massachusetts similarly tried to reopen debate on these provisions in the House and was resoundingly beaten back. His party, which for decades had dominated budget and revenue debate in the House, had to content itself with the consolation that...
...course, it soon emerges that escape is impossible. Slowly, surely the wilderness, the strange neighbors, the open sky come to annoy Arthur. She tries to beat up her husband with a fireplace poker ("I picture it drenched with blood, sticky as my arms, covered with fire," she says of his head). She lays awake at night convinced that the moonlight is actually streaming from the bottom of a UFO. She convinces herself that someone is watching her. "I sit in the snow with my back against a rock. I try to read. After a time the eyes find me there...