Word: belonged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Boston does boast some of the best real pizza in Monroe Doctrine precincts. The North End--the Italian section--Six Flags Over Italian Cuisine, an amusement park for the palate. The best pizza, the best beer, the best atmosphere--all belong to Regina's, the uncontested queen of North End fare...
...long terms in prison. The second issue declared the group's solidarity with Afghan women fighting with their men for the liberation of their country. The latest issue appealed to world public opinion to demand withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Wrote the women: "We are ashamed to belong to a people in whose name the freedom and independence of other nations are being shot down...
...numbers favor the Republicans in this year's Senate elections. Of the 34 seats being contested, 24 belong to Democrats, ten to Republicans. Moreover, several of the Democrats are liberals bucking a conservative trend. The Republicans are anticipating a net gain of three to six seats, enough to give the Senate a more conservative outlook. That could also be true of the House, where from 20 to 40 seats are expected to switch from Democratic to Republican...
...bring all these new people into its ranks, however, the G.O.P. is going to have to modify its country club image. Joe Six-Pack does not belong to a country club. Maryland's Republican Congressman Robert Bauman expresses a widespread aversion to the venerable upper crust that has long controlled party affairs: "They are elitists. They are out of touch with the supermarket counters. Their view of Communism is that it is a market to be sold to, not a system that may destroy their children's freedom...
...which will begin dismantling 45 years of federal controls over the trucking industry. About 17,000 carriers, or 40% of the business, will be directly affected. The rest of the industry is unregulated because it hauls items not subject to controls, like unprocessed agricultural products, or because the trucks belong to private carriers such as department stores. The bill should stimulate competition by making it easier for new haulers to enter the field, relaxing restrictions on the commodities that can be hauled, eliminating circuitous routing and phasing out price fixing...