Word: dinned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moscow's saber rattling had a clear purpose: to intimidate Solidarity, the independent trade-union movement that has become increasingly bold in its demands for political liberalization. But what may have been a better guide to Soviet intentions was nearly drowned out in the alarmist din. With the Polish economy in a tailspin, the Soviets last week gave their suffering satellite $1.1 billion in hard-currency credits and $200 million in commodities. Most analysts believe Soviet military intervention is a distant last resort, to be used only in case of serious disturbances or a total breakdown of party control...
They have barnstormed the country like jet-age traveling salesmen. They have jammed the airwaves with millions of dollars' worth of advertising. They have attacked each other's records ceaselessly. Their families and friends and surrogates have added their voices to the din of denunciation and promotion. Yet on the very threshold of the presidential election of 1980, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan remain just where they were at the beginning of their long campaign-locked in a virtual tie among registered voters...
...purposes. Swiss and French avalanche dogs, trained to sniff out buried bodies, were thrown off the scent by powerful disinfectants that were sprayed on buildings to keep decaying bodies from spreading disease. French microphonic devices, flown in to monitor buildings for faint sounds of breathing, were useless in the din of bulldozers...
...Judge Zdzislaw Koscielniok declared he would examine the charter for two weeks and then rule on its legitimacy. As Walesa departed from the drab sandstone building, cheering workers hoisted him on their shoulders and carried him through the streets. "I'm counting on you," he shouted over the din, "and I believe you will help...
Strauss reached for the phone again and called O'Neill. "Tip, we're ready now," he said. "We're going to take one, and give them two and three." He repeated the instructions twice more in the din, and the loyal O'Neill had his orders. He quickly gaveled the decisions through on voice votes, obviously being guided not at all by the comparative volume of the ayes and nays. When O'Neill declared the President the victor on the plank on wage and price controls despite the fact that the Kennedy forces were almost...