Word: butter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tool with which cities can address such problems. Unless the mayors overcome partisanship and stand together, and this may mean open and public disagreement with Mr. Reagan, the chances are that federal aid to cities will be an early victim in next spring's gun vs. butter (or even margarine...
Sidewinders and Sparrows are the bread and butter of America's air-to-air fighting capability: the $59,000 Sidewinder missile can zoom toward targets within an elevenmile range at twice the speed of sound; the $169,000 Sparrow missile is able to hit a target 31 miles away. But according to Frank Conahan, an investigator for Congress's General Accounting Office, one-quarter of the Navy's and Air Force's Sidewinders and one-third of their Sparrows are "unserviceable." Conahan's congressional testimony last week was just another in this year...
...remembered my trip to the ice cream store, sweet victory. They put on a front there, too. "Harvard, Columbia? They're both wusses. Oh. You're from Harvard? They are very intellectual schools," said Lorie, as she scooped me a peanut butter and jelly tofutti...
...most important issue for Poles today is the country's desperate economic situation. I found drab stores stocked but lacking variety. Citrus fruits and juices were unavailable. Sugar, butter, and meat are rationed; a cup of coffee cost as much as a medium-priced meal. Lines at meat stores often stretched through the door. I routinely noticed 10 or 15 people lingering outside two hours before a meat store opened...
...inciting the ensuing demonstration. Dunbar was demoted by the faculty, but the students rallied behind him and agreed to boycott--breakfast. The Corporation and Overseers conceded that the butter was rotten, but they insisted the students apologize for their insubordination or resign. They apologized...