Word: climb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...until a court-ordered special election in 1986 did Washington, who castigated Vrdolyak's allies as "crooks and lowlifes who climb out from under rocks," finally gain an effective majority on the 50-member city council. He tightened his grip on power with his overwhelming victory over Vrdolyak in April's mayoral election. So thorough was the drubbing that many of Vrdolyak's aldermanic supporters defected to Washington's camp. Vrdolyak, who presided over the tattered remnants of Daley's machine as chairman of the Cook County Democratic central committee, quit the party and became a Republican...
...Orthopedic Surgeon Richard Schmidt at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia announced that he had transplanted an entire knee -- bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and all -- from an accident victim into the leg of the young New Jersey woman. Schmidt predicts that Lazarchick will one day walk, climb stairs and maybe even dance a step...
...banks' moves spur a closing rally. The Dow winds up at 1841.01, a climb of 102.27 points. Trading breaks Monday's volume record. At the bell, Phelan waves from a balcony overlooking the floor. Relieved traders wave back and cheer...
Before the final bell, 90 large companies announce plans to buy back their own shares. Phelan has asked the big-fund managers to avoid automatic programmed purchases and, above all, sales. This feeds the surging optimism and causes the Dow's biggest single-day climb ever: up 186.84 points, to 2027.85. More than half of Monday's loss is recovered...
...pushed the goal off the magnets and used it to climb the plexiglass...