Word: blows
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Weak oil prices have struck a serious blow to the economy of this country that has for decades been one of South America's most stable democracies...
...Black students last month. But they are also being insensitive to their workers. The Union employees have a tough job. They deal with 1600 freshmen, who are often rude and even hostile, at every meal. To make them dress up like over-excited kindergarten teachers is the final blow...
Poppe is a key player in Christopher Simpson's recent book Blow-back: America's Recruitment of Nazi's and Its Effects on the Cold War. Simpson says Poppe helped the Nazis set up a government in his native Caucusus...
...European Economic Community governments, in a sharp blow to Iran's hopes of improving relations with Western nations, decided to recall their diplomats for consultations and suspend high-level visits to and from Iran...
Friends and observers agree that her husband's presidential defeat was an emotionally crushing blow to Kitty. An energetic and ambitious woman, she had thrived on the demanding schedule, tumult and attention of the campaign. Sandy Bakalar, a close friend, says, "Kitty was going 1,000 miles a minute. Then on Nov. 8 it was suddenly over. It was a terrible loss." Her husband, meanwhile, handled the loss in his usual stoic fashion. "Kitty had to do the mourning for both of them," says Richard Gaines, editor of the Boston Phoenix, who has long reported on the Dukakis family...