Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said Becklin, a University of Hawaii astronomer, who told of ducking his head to avoid the debris streaming from the remnants of the fuselage. "The plane was disintegrating so pieces were falling off it, molding was coming down, and the wind was catching it. The hole up front got bigger and bigger, and I knew it was just a matter of time before the plane came apart...
...began painting Dukakis as soft on defense and big on social spending, a return ticket to high inflation and interest rates. "Dukakis is just a Northern-fried Jimmy Carter," said Bush Campaign Manager Lee Atwater. Reason for the assaults: "Dukakis is starting to emerge as a stature candidate, slightly bigger than life," explained a Bush aide. "That has to be nipped. It's much easier to shape opinion about a candidate when he's still relatively unknown...
Army officials later considered using the chemical substance as a lure for cockroaches. "They plugged it as a bigger and better mousetrap, but I knew it wouldn't work," Roth says. Because one male can inseminate a number of females, the proposed cockroach trap would probably have little effect on reducing an infestation, he explains...
...convention in Atlanta confirms last week's verdict in New York, and until Dukakis, Jackson and the Southern Tories discover whether the Democratic Party is big enough to contain them all, the common enemy may help concentrate their attention wonderfully. And as the Democrats' marathon man heads toward even bigger hurdles, some of his fellow runners must help him along...
...doubt that Harvard could compete against Miami or the bigger schools," said University of Miami wide receiver Michael Irvin, a 1988 first-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys...