Word: creep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guys require additional work, partly because most readers cannot readily identify with gutter smarts but mostly because embellishing evil is fun. Teddy Magyk, the creep who stalks Mora from the Caribbean to the Jersey shore, lives with his mother in Margate, in a house done up in a parrot motif. One of his specialties is robbing and raping elderly women. He is between jail sentences and is bent on killing his arresting officer. Who is, of course, Lieut. Mora...
None of the signs of improvement is immediately apparent in the newcomer's square foot of personal space: an area paved with debris and bounded on one side by doors that creep open each time the train gathers speed. One inch, two inches . . . what next? A young woman in a dressed-for-success suit, leg warmers and running shoes tries to offer some consolation: "But you have a partition to lean against." The connection between leaning against a partition and comfort is, however, unclear to the newcomer...
...boss reflects the views of military commanders who still shudder at the memory of Viet Nam. While the Pentagon clearly would like to see the Sandinista regime topple in Nicaragua, Weinberger has ruled out direct U.S. military involvement. Said he: "The President will not allow our military forces to creep-or be drawn gradually-into a combat role in Central America." Shultz, while no less opposed to military entanglements in that region, has long insisted that his diplomats must be backed up by a credible willingness to use force. He replied to Weinberger in a speech of his own last...
...staked out the more temperate position. "Employing our forces almost indiscriminately and as a regular part of our diplomatic efforts," Weinberger declared, "would surely plunge us headlong into the sort of domestic turmoil we experienced during the Viet Nam War . . . The President will not allow our military forces to creep-or be drawn gradually-into a combat role in Central America or any other place in the world . . . Clearly, there are . . . situations where U.S. combat forces should not be used, [and] I have developed six major tests to be applied when we are weighing the use of U.S. combat forces...
...swiftness of the economic slowdown caught the Federal Reserve by surprise. In the spring, growth was going like a greyhound, and an acceleration of inflation seemed a real possibility. As demand for loans surged, the Reserve Board let the prime rate creep up from 11% in March to 13% by the end of June. Volcker kept the prime at that lofty level all summer in hopes of easing the economy onto a slower, more sustainable growth path...