Word: badly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...judge, he grew up under Dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1898-1920), a ruthless strongman who imprisoned or murdered his political opponents and all but cut off Guatemala from the outside world. After Estrada's overthrow in 1920 came a series of military-dominated governments that were almost as bad; when Asturias published a set of anti-militaris tic articles, his family persuaded him to move to Europe for his own safety. In 1933, Asturias returned home, became a radio broadcaster, worked on his first novel, then went into the diplomatic service...
...Baby! This is me! Rockin' Robbie D! I'm so bad I make flowers die I make babies cry I take candy from babies and give dogs rabies and if that ain't bad the rain don't fall and that ain't all-biscuits ain't bread...
...Bad, sad and just plain mad, the slang harangue of Rockin' Robbie D is delivered in a keening, rapid-fire wail that is recognizable only to dogs, seismographs-and teenagers. Not that the kids understand it all; sometimes, when Mr. Hip Lip, as he is also called, starts "makin' with the shakin' " on Detroit's WCHB, the station runs a write-in contest called "What Did Robbie Say?" Nobody really knows, least of all Robbie. The important thing is that Rockin' Robbie and dozens more like him have given radio an advanced case...
...such circumstances. Total corporate profits for the quarter will reach about $80.5 billion before taxes on an annual basis, or slightly better than second-quarter earnings of $78.9 billion but far less than the record $84 billion in third-quarter 1966. The results are a mix of good and bad and circumstantial sales and earnings. Instances...
Such a lottery will achive a distribution of military service appropriate to this nation's democratic traditions. It will also remove the element of uncertainty--which Elder has called "bad for morale and a waste of our country's resources"--from student life...