Word: count
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many citizens count the President's policies as the last hope for economic stability in the U.S. and are thankful that he is stubborn...
...company's security operations, locating with ease a switch that opened the building's garage door. At week's end, authorities were poring over the records of 200 past and present Sentry employees. Still at large were the robbers, and still missing was their loot. Latest count: a staggering $10.4 million...
...Sometimes," says Bryant, "I wish they wouldn't keep records. You count the games because it's too hard to count the kids, the parents, the high school coaches, the preachers, everyone who has touched every kid. Multiply a whole lot of years by a whole lot of people and you've got 300-and-some victories, and all of the bowls couldn't hold all of the people who hold the record...
...African commandos who had crept across the border only a few hundred yards away fanned out along the streets, seeking out targets. Meeting no opposition from Lesotho's tiny 2,000-man paramilitary force, they blasted their way through at least a dozen homes. By morning the body count was 42; of the dead, 30 were believed to be members of the African National Congress (A.N.C.), a black nationalist organization dedicated to overthrowing the white minority government of South Africa. The remaining victims were Lesotho residents, including five women and two children. Their mission accomplished, the South African troops...
...shopkeepers were coming out of a depressing summer with overstocked shelves after 15 months of recession, rising unemployment and sick sales of everything from cars to refrigerators. Now retailers are hopeful that the price slashing will seduce shoppers, resulting in at least respectable overall sales for 1982. Many shopkeepers count on Christmas for a third to a half of any year's profits...