Word: butter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because L.B.J. tried to have both guns and butter, the war brought on an inflation that, along with the oil crisis, destabilized the world's economy all through the 1970s. Then Carter gave way to Reagan, who has abetted if not entirely caused a resurgence of American self-confidence, an unexpected post- Viet Nam syndrome. The new mood of the nation is out of harmony with most of the countercultural forces that gave the U.S. a certain nihilistic energy in the '60s. The war and the counterculture could at certain moments seem part of the same rock 'n' roll, drawing...
...last year, making it the company's No. 1 flavor. Haagen Dazs says it will "vigorously defend the lawsuit" and "aggressively pursue cancellation" of the trademark. Haagen Dazs contends that pralines and cream is a generic name that should be available to all companies, just like chocolate chip and butter pecan...
...city of Rostov, authorities uncovered a huge black-market ring; 67 officials, including two highly placed state executives in Moscow, were arrested. The scheme involved rerouting, through bureaucratic channels, scarce meat, butter and clothing to warehouses where the merchandise could be sold under the counter. Realizing that the authorities were closing in, the crooks dumped most of their hoarded supplies onto the official market. In describing the outcome of the scam, the newspaper Izvestiya noted that for once, a Rostov citizen was able to walk into a state-owned store, ask for blue jeans and find them not only available...
Clark has a field day with Tyler, who ends up looking more like a volleyball instructor from Club Med than like the Mayor of New York City. Replete with Soloflex and cocoa-butter tan, Tyler skips from one social engagement to the next with nary a thought for such inessentials as city business and mayoral responsibilities. Certainly none could object to Jimmy dragging his name though the mud but considering his totally asinine personality, such actions seem unwarranted and excessive...
Zonker Harris, tanner extraordinaire in the comic strip Doonesbury, had the right idea, just an outdated approach. To prepare for big tanning competitions like the George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open, Zonker would spend hours under the sun with an old-fashioned reflector. Today, seekers of the perfect tan have an easier time of it: they simply drop by the neighborhood tanning salon, cozy up to a bank of ultraviolet lamps and emerge looking as if they have just returned from Hawaii. "The ordinary person who can't afford a vacation can get a lasting tan for a fraction...