Word: check
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More dangerous than his jabs at Congressional democrats, however, is the assault on the very structure of American democracy implicit in Reagan's speech. Besides challenging the concept of separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. Reagan would suppress all public opposition to his policies for the sake of maintaining our credibility abroad. The President is right to underscore the potentially positive impact of outward unity in international negotiations, but he goes too far in asking for a blank check both from Congress and from the American public...
...WHILE BACK. Chrysler Corporation used to run a pleasantly melodious ad campaign, called "get a check." "Buy a Charger get a check," TV personality Joe Garagiola intoned cheerily. "Buy a Ram truck--get a check, buy an Omm get a check...
...thing was, getting a check was entirely unavoidable. You simply couldn't escape the fact that if you bought a car from your local Chrysler-Plymouth Dodge dealer, you would get a check for $300, $500 or even $800 if it was an expensive enough car. The fatalism was downright delightful...
...higher orbit will reduce the effect of atmospheric braking and extend the satellite's lifetime until at least 1989, or possibly even into the early 1990s, when the sun again erupts. For the next eight hours, the shuttle will hover near by while ground controllers make a final check on Solar Max's performance in orbit...
...when Boston scored four times in the top of the eighth, tied the score in the bottom of the inning on a two-out single by Juan Beniquez and Rod Carew's home run. Bob Stanley, 1-0, relieved Dennis Eckersley at that point and held the Angels in check...