Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short, if anything is evidently clear about Dukakis's appearance tonight, it is that the novelty, scope and timing of the event make it a critical make-or-break time for him. Barring any glitches or changes of heart Dukakis will appear tonight on Nightline; barring any glitches or changes of heart, though, he stands a good chance of losing the election. Tonight allows him to put precisely such a glitch in the plans of Bush, a modernday Croesus...
...tough loss in the first set seemed to break the Crimson's rhythm in the next game. Harvard suffered from miscommunication and poor setting, and the Tigers took advantage...
Patriotism, according to the Republican rhetoric, consists of a smug satisfaction in our supposed greatness, not in improving the political and economic lives of the voiceless. A Republican Administration has meant and can mean different things for different groups: for an oil company, a tax break; for a university student, taxes on scholarships and cancellation of loans; for a Salvadoran illegal alien, unemployment and deportation; for a Chilean singer, loss of guitar, hands and life...
...fitness cult may even be growing around ballroom dancing as a contact sport. Some athletes find it a welcome break from grueling training regimens. Former Los Angeles Rams offensive tackle Doug France discovered that "dancing helped my concentration in football." Paul von Beroldingen, a public relations consultant in San Francisco, maintains that "dancing helps my running because it improves my posture, and running helps my dancing because I build stamina -- it takes a lot to get through a cha-cha." Other converts appreciate the discipline and challenge of an activity that cannot be faked. "Ballroom dancing cannot be learned...
...matter who the next President is, the homeless crisis is likely to get worse. An additional 200,000 units of low-income housing could disappear over the next five years as loans expire from a tax-break program of the 1960s and '70s. The Federal Government had encouraged private developers to build low-income housing by offering to subsidize 40-year mortgages on the buildings. Now many owners are taking advantage of an option to pay off the mortgages after 20 years, freeing them to sell or rent the apartments at the prevailing market price. The result could be hundreds...