Word: blows
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Forging a victory in 1988 based on clear-cut opposition to taxes and quotas, Bush signed legislation that mandated both. Deepening recession followed swiftly behind. Still, Bush really thinks that the current recession is just a run of bad luck, that it will soon blow over like so many campaign promises. In short, he simply has no clue...
...some of us have learned from that other epidemic, education and early detection are the keys to limiting a virus's spread. This time, everything worked great. Somehow, the computer community found out that Michelangelo was going to blow on March 6. Somehow, the media decided that this impending explosion was an interesting story...
...When a blow from a tire swing knocked me flat on my back and nearly caused me to lose four teeth in the fifth grade, Omi was my personal nurse. Each day for several weeks, she came to school at noon to bring me the liquefied lunch that was all I could...
Though Bush topped Buchanan with 57 percent of the vote, the commentator's strong showing dealt the president an embarrassing blow in the Republican contest. Buchanan campaign aides said they see the outcome, determined with 70 percent of precincts reporting, as a reflection of Republicans' desire for change...
Roughly half of this novel, Robert Stone's fifth, is occupied with putting together the complicated and elaborate house of cards that will spectacularly blow apart during the second half. In less assured hands, such a long swatch of narrative exposition might seem cumbersome, even a little tedious. Not so in Outerbridge Reach. A lot happens in Stone's fiction, especially when nothing particular seems to be going on. The author's laconic prose manages to be both dexterous and sinister...