Word: crude
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trouble is that rude realism keeps raising its voice, breaking in on the fun. The sound track naturally resounds with the orgasmic hammering of the Lewis beat, wails with the simple, not to say crude, sexual metaphors of his lyrics. Dennis Quaid very successfully re-creates his dervish-like stage presence (he made Elvis' pelvis look as if it were stuck in the mud) in a portrayal that goes over the top in nicely calculated measure. And Winona Ryder contributes a hypnotically enigmatic performance -- articulate innocence and inarticulate knowingness all mixed up -- as the singer's nymphet bride. All these...
...House advisers. While there was no chance the calamity would match the worst-in-history damage in Alaska, the Rhode Island spill could still wreak environmental havoc. The ship was loaded with a relatively light fuel that will break up much faster than the 11 million gal. of gooey crude that oozed out of the Exxon Valdez. However, the fuel is highly toxic and could pose a threat to the wildlife in Narragansett...
...extremists prefer an aggressive offense and conduct paramilitary patrols to protect and punish. Waldman describes their crude tactics: "After an Arab attack, we send out an alert, jump into our cars and head for the area. Then we destroy and burn." Already these vigilantes have killed at least 15 Palestinians, while one Jewish settler has been murdered by Arabs. Waldman, who took a sniper's course in the U.S. Army, won't comment on whether he is responsible for any of the deaths, but confides, "Arabs have good reason to fear...
Just in time to hit motorists at the start of the peak driving season, gasoline prices have risen about 25% in the past two months, to a U.S. average of $1.25 per gal. The pain at the pump is largely the result of higher crude- oil prices, and no relief is in sight. Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, whose squabbling has sometimes led to price wars, were relatively cooperative with one another when they met last week in Vienna. Because of strong worldwide demand for OPEC's crude, the group decided that it could boost its self...
...poured out of 40 Beijing colleges to take part in the ten-hour trek from their campuses to Tiananmen Square, a short distance from Zhongnanhai, where China's leaders live and work. Again tens of thousands of workers joined them, shouting encouragement. One worker held up a sign in crude English letters: I LOVE YOU. A waitress scribbled a message on a piece of paper and pasted it on the window of a bus. "You must be exhausted, students," it read...