Word: check
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concert. The band, however, blamed lax security for the riot. Joseph ("Run") Simmons, 21, who with Partner Daryll ("D.M.C.") McDaniels became the first rap artist to produce a platinum album (1 million copies sold), defended his group. "Rap music has nothing to do with crack or crime," he said. "Check my lyrics. I'm a role model for kids, and I go out of my way to give them a positive message...
Seeing nothing new, the Reagan Administration's response was swift and negative. "A nuclear testing moratorium," said White House Spokesman Larry Speakes, "is not in the security interests of the United States, our friends or our allies." The Administration reiterated its objections: the U.S. must continue testing to check the reliability of its stockpiles, a ban could not be properly verified, further testing is needed to develop new warheads for the nation's modern arsenal. The President's aides do not like to mention that a ban would also slow development of the Strategic Defense Initiative...
Filmmaker Peter Charley arrived at the United Airlines check-in at San Francisco International Airport half an hour before his 11 a.m. flight to New York. The slow-moving line took nearly 30 minutes to clear. He then spent an additional 20 anxious minutes passing through security, expecting to miss his plane. But as usual, the departure was delayed. Relieved, Charley buckled into his seat and waited for takeoff. And waited. The pilot finally explained that his windscreen wiper needed fixing. Charley and other passengers fumed while mechanics fiddled. It took more than an hour before he was airborne...
...still a few weeks til Labor Day, you'll get ice cream, fudge and tee shirts, a tan if it's not raining, a thesis advisor if it is, a check-up if you need it, and some financial counseling if you don't. What have you got to lose...
...draws). But not before an opening round of press-conference publicity, in which Kasparov, asked about his playboy image, shrugged, "I must accept it," and said of his challenger, "Unfortunately I cannot choose my opponents." Karpov, the quiet, defensive killer shark, kept his hostility in check but brought along a public relations aide to praise his style as one that "belongs to the next century." The series will move to Leningrad after the twelth game. Will Karpov exact revenge? Not according to London bookies, who rate Kasparov an 8-13 favorite...