Word: barrelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been sorely disappointed by his performance to date. He also took an aggressive stance in support of Israel when he appeared at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in New York City last week. "We must never barter the freedom and future of Israel for a barrel of oil," said Kennedy, "or foolishly try to align the Arab world with us, no matter what cost." Declared a satisfied participant: "He said everything they wanted to hear...
...youth to gratify nostalgic fantasy. Their authors demand that this generation give their time or perhaps their lives to projects obsolete at birth. Working to improve the nation is fine if the methods will work. National Service, conceived in altruism and probably executed in a festival of pork barrel and waste, will not correct the social ills disturbing the liberals. Forcing 18- to 20-year-olds to spend a year or two in the military will not erase the damage done to our position in the world from years of immoral foreign policy and economic abuses. Yet the nation calls...
...especially when they can keep moving at high speed. The book's title is slang for Chinese immigrants who illegally enter the U.S. Its hero, Wesley Erks, is heir to the frontier spirit, a man with "an eye used to sighting down a fence line and the barrel of a shotgun." But Erks is also a thoughtful man for whom yellowfish begin as a commodity to be hauled for pay and end as tragic figures on a par with the vanishing Tlingit and those galloping gourmets of the Donner Party...
...PRECEDENT set in these two pieces of evil law is simple. Congress has determined that any pork barrel project, no matter how ill-conceived, is worth more than any whole species of creatures that share this planet with us. In the face of this blatantly self-interested drive by Congress, Carter has failed to stand by his early attempts to block the construction of useless projects, as he has failed to stand by the Endangered Species Act when it needed him most...
...Americans' new love affair with the grape may be one of the few recorded instances of the consumer leading the industry. More than a million Americans are enrolled in wine appreciation courses; some 160,000 students at 620 college campuses are taking classes in oenology. The meticulous annual "barrel" tasting of new California vintages held by Manhattan's splendid Four Seasons restaurant has become a spectacular. Last winter's event drew requests from more than 2,000 would-be sippers for the 200 available tickets-at $75 each. Some 50,000 oenophiles have taken part...