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Word: blinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...instead try to hammer out a grand compromise at a "summit" meeting between Hill leaders of both parties and the Administration. So far, however, Reagan has shown no willingness to come to the bargaining table. He seems to believe that if he stands fast, the Hill will eventually blink and adopt his budget. He figures that Congressmen will not want to go to the voters in November to explain why they raised taxes and jeopardized national security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gramm-Rudman Game of Chicken | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...credit, the salesman reveals his past to potential Vend-A-Bait distributors. Such is the spell of his silver tongue that a remarkable number of people quickly dismiss the information. In the blink of an eye, the pitch can slide from McClintic's shady years to his next project, vending fishing tackle. "This is going to be a barn burner!" Rare is the listener who then exclaims, "Wait a minute! Did you say LEAVENWORTH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Des Moines: Worms for Sale | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...Steven's minimum opus Firelight, a sci-fi thriller made when he was 16 and she was eight. "I played a kid in the backyard who was supposed to reach up toward the firelight. Steven had me look directly at the sun. 'Quit squinting!' he'd shout. 'Don't blink!' And though I might have gone blind, I did what he said because, after all, it was Steven directing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I Dream for a Living | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...Bird was the MVP of the tournament as well as the season. In the final seven-game play- off, the Lakers won the first in Boston and appeared to have taken the second --with 15 sec. left, Los Angeles held both the lead and the ball--only to blink and lose in overtime. Following a 33-point Laker romp in game 3, Bird referred to the Celtics as sissies, and in the singular episode of the fourth game, McHale ran over Los Angeles Forward Kurt Rambis. The series changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masters of Their Own Game | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...schematic eye that CBS uses as its television symbol seemed almost to blink and grow bleary last week. Since January the big broadcasting conglomerate (1984 sales: $4.9 billion) has been under attack from Fairness in Media, a conservative group endorsed by North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. It wants to acquire the company in order to eliminate what the right-wing outfit calls the television network's predominantly liberal bias. At week's end CBS appeared headed for more troubles after rumors started that Ted Turner, the flamboyant chairman of Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System, was about to attempt a hostile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Taking Aim At Cbs | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

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