Word: blows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enriched the earth with a deep base of pulverized rock. "The original prairie soils are fluffy, loamy, aerated, and that contributes to amazing productivity," says John Madson, author of Where the Sky Began, a natural history of the prairie. The Rockies govern the climate, forcing the prevailing winds that blow off the Pacific to give up moisture and continue eastward too dry to nourish much other than the hardiest grasses--short in the dry shadow of the mountains, taller toward the Mississippi...
...outcome dealt a humiliating blow to the already wobbly ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald, who had personally led the campaign in favor of divorce. It also sealed the country's own marriage to the Roman Catholic Church and set back hopes of a closer alliance with Northern Ireland, the republic's predominantly Protestant neighbor. Said Pro-Divorce Activist Margaret Geaney, choking back tears: "The majority has spoken and said, 'We don't give a damn about...
...gets all its electricity from South Africa. Almost every export and import of the three countries travels through South Africa. As if that were not enough, Pretoria's official exports within the continent have risen by 40% this year, and promise to reach a record $800 million. Any Western blow against South Africa could amount to a killer blow against many of the so-called frontline states. Warns a South African diplomat in London: "Whereas it would take years, perhaps longer, to bring South Africa's economy to its knees, those of the frontline states could be in shambles within...
Their adventure begins when, after a somewhat uneventful few hours at the local bar where they scope out the same, boring men whom they have known (and, in Theresa's case slept with) for most of their adult lives, they decide to blow all of Theresa's paycheck on a cab ride into Liverpool proper and a try at one of the fancier bars where the action might pick up a little. They plan to start off with a little larceny to liven things up. By fleecing the cab driver, after some chit-chat through the communication panel, they discover...
...countries where American pop is officially discouraged or limited, however, playing a Huey Lewis tape or wearing Jordache jeans can be an implicit political gesture, a tiny, tinny blow for individual liberty. One young Czech puts it bluntly: "Coke equals America. America equals freedom." In the Soviet Union, VCRS and audiocassette players are inherently democratizing devices. "The new communications technology has changed things completely," says one Moscow father of teenagers. "Tapes can be played over and over, exchanged, copied." In the '50s American moral vigilantes sometimes claimed that rock 'n' roll was the creation of Communist subversives out to undermine...