Word: bumper
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people come to the parking lot to commemorate the deaths. But during the rest of the year, activity in the lot reflects the concerns of the average student. The windows in the dormitory bordering on the parking lot showcase a U2 Pride poster and an "are you horny?" bumper sticker...
...primary battle lasted more than a year. The candidates spent nearly $4 million to project their views of themselves, each other and the world. At the end of that time, it was hard to tell manufactured image from reality. A year later, when the bumper stickers are peeling off of the taxicabs, it would have been nice to read a reasonably detached opinion on whether or not it was worth all that blood, sweat...
While the bumper crops have kept grain prices low, farmers have nevertheless boosted their profits because expenses are lower. Total U.S. farm production costs dropped more than 3% this year, to an estimated $116 billion, the lowest level in nine years. Part of that decline came about because many farmers have reduced acreage under cultivation and the size of their herds. But, at the same time, unusually low feed and fuel prices have helped farms cut the cost of producing a bushel of grain or a pound of beef...
...York City, new cars join the flow, upscale Volvos and BMWs. Turning off to the New Jersey Turnpike, the road becomes a delta, flattening, spreading out, careening and jostling forward at 55 m.p.h. The trucks are shunted off to a side lane and traveling along, nose to tail, bumper to bumper, they look like . . . yes! . . . a train! Remember trains? Surely trains were more sensible than this, a 20th century folly, this stampede of steel roaring toward the Lincoln Tunnel...
Coming off a banner year this year, and a bumper crop of early admits following Harvard's 350th celebration last year, the University may have reached its peak in early action applications. "We may expect next year to see some declines," Fitzsimmons said yesterday...