Word: caking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Duarte explained his plan to have a "national dialogue" with all Salvadoran factions, including the leftist insurgents. But such talks, he vowed, would never cede a share of governing power ("the piece of cake") to the revolutionaries. He said he would continue El Salvador's ambitious but teetering land-reform program (see WORLD). Perhaps most significant in terms of U.S. support, Duarte said he would establish commissions to investigate the thousands of political murders committed by the extreme right. "I have the will," he said. "I have the guts to do it, to stop the death squads...
...there was a glut of private accommodations on the market even before the boycott, forcing widespread price cutting. But some Angelenos hit the jackpot. Chuckled Steve Obeck, who arranged the lease of eight plush residences to East European groups with full payment in advance: "Those homeowners can have their cake and eat it too. They can stay home for the Games...
...fooled by a fellow in a funny suit. So the Disney folks painstakingly trained the Pekins to accept the costumed canard as the next best thing to Mom. Last week Donald proudly led his faithful followers past squealing crowds of early-morning guests to a giant birthday cake decorated with peas, corn and carrot candles. Unfortunately, the web-footed wonders were too busy quacking up to go for the goodies...
Praising Lamm for raising the issue of health care among the elderly is like congratulating Marie Antoinette ("Let them eat cake") for recognizing the problem of nutrition among the poor. Lamm has, however, made us aware of a grotesque public attitude, which turns children against aging parents, mothers and fathers against handicapped infants, and expectant mothers against unborn babies...
...caught by surprise, and nuzzled, by Targa, queen of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The pachyderm obligingly knelt to help MacLaine aboard-"She was so sweet and kind," the star said-though Targa also unfurled her trunk and snatched up most of MacLaine's chocolate birthday cake. Perhaps the most exuberant event was the Broadway song and dance itself. MacLaine showed off her Joshua's-trumpet voice, her 50-year-old legs-"25 each," one appreciative observer remarked-and an appendage that has been with her so often of late that it has come to seem...