Word: clips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Government also said that during the past three months, the consumer price index dropped at a 4.3% annual clip, the steepest decline in 37 years. Again, economists note a disturbing trend beneath the surface. Most of the CPI's dip has been the result of falling oil prices, which are now starting to rise again...
Rowning (batting at a .305 clip) joins Crowley and Brown as the only batswomen currently topping the .300 mark...
...weighs only 23 oz. and is made partly of superhardened plastic. When disassembled, the Austrian-made weapon, known as the Glock 17, does not look like a firearm. Only its barrel, slide and springs, which are metal, show up on airport scanners. The polymer handgrip, trigger guard and ammunition clip that complete its profile as a gun do not set off the security devices...
...breathless clip of events in the Philippines last week left President Corazon Aquino with little room for herself, both figuratively and literally. A steady string of tasks, from selecting a Cabinet and ordering up various commissions to greeting diplomats and receiving journalists, crowded her time from the moment the Marcos family fled. Malacanang Palace proved unsuitable to receive the stream of visitors because Marcos loyalists had seeded the grounds with booby traps and looters had laid waste to the living quarters. Aquino was thus forced to continue operating out of the Manila building owned by her family, which, with...
...hoopsters pull off their second consecutive weekend sweep of Ivy foes. This time, the victims are Yale (avenging the earlier loss) and Brown (again). The Crimson shoots a season-high 63 percent from the floor against the Elis and then comes back to hit at a 64 percent clip in the second-half against the Bruins...