Word: dip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...injected a few droll jokes: an Iran Air airport bus disgorges three terrorists and some American hostages; a nurse takes her patient's temperature with a long oil dip stick. With its throwaway references to E.T., Ronald Reagan, TV anchormen and movies that have not even been released yet, Airplane II might deserve a place in a time capsule of pop culture circa 1982. Pia Zadora is already in there waiting...
...woman who checks off the names--the one sitting at the desk--smiles and winks at him. Then the greyish, plump one who serves the french onion dip giggles, when Corbat quips something that's not-so-funny. And during lunch, a man who also works in the dining room--he's the aged guy, with a slightly arched back who stands around in his red coat--comes over to Corbat and gives him some present all wrapped up in tinfoil. The guy in the red coat paternally pats him on the shoulder and walks away...
...university's ability to offer such high salaries stems from its willing to dip into its roughly $600 million endowment, most of which comes from oil revenues, vandiver said...
...Rosovsky and Company felt less strongly about their mandate, they might conceivably have seen more to recommend Gen Ed's flexibility than an opportunity for students "to dip more or less randomly into the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities". And had they paid closer attention to the difference between intention and execution in Gen Ed, they might have foreseen that the Core's constraints would only keep students from exploring even that far. As it is, Keller's account is as frustrating as it is enlightening. It's depressing for a Core critic to think that even...
...cuts while increasing military spending to a projected 7 1 percent of the Gross National Product--up from 5.6 percent. He berated his opponents for "stonewalling" and "budget-busting," while his own administration racked up the largest deficit of all time. Simultaneously, Reagan has taken credit for the dip in inflation rates without acknowledging that unemployment has risen by two percentage points as a result. White House-backed tight money policies may slow price increases, but they also create recessions and layoffs. Reagan has apparently decided to ignore the nearly one out of 10 Americans now unable to find work...