Word: dips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Port Elizabeth court decision grew out of a 1987 incident in which the Rev. Allan Hendrickse, head of the opposition Labor Party and a member of the Botha Cabinet, took a dip at King's Beach. His action drew a strong rebuke from President Botha, who threatened to drop him from the Cabinet, dissolve Parliament and call a general election unless Hendrickse apologized. Hendrickse backed down, but two Port Elizabeth city councilors fought the restrictive beach ordinance up to the Supreme Court. The stricture was ruled invalid on a technicality, and Hendrickse announced that he was prepared to test...
...substantially reduce the trade deficit -- by making imports more expensive and American goods cheaper overseas. While economists have been calling for a weaker dollar for years, they are less certain about precisely how far the dollar should fall. The major industrial countries are reluctant to allow any additional dip in the dollar. The U.S. knows that a falling greenback could bring rising inflation and interest rates, while America's trading partners are worried about their export industries. Just before the trade report was released last week, finance ministers from the Group of Seven -- the U.S., Britain, West Germany, France, Japan...
...past several years the University has used increasing sums from its endowment to supplement tuition. It should now dip further into this pool to ensure that lower and middle-income students will not be forced to choose between assuming enormous amounts of debt or foregoing Harvard...
...instant satisfaction of ready-made meals. Even the hassle of restaurants is too much for the weariest workers, who prefer the barefoot comforts of home. Some may make the effort to arrange the dinner on a plate and eat at a set table, but many, if not most, just dip plastic forks into foil or Styrofoam containers and collapse in front of the TV screen...
Newton came right back with a triple-dip. Manning then stole the ball, went one-on-one with Stacey King, drew the foul and still managed to get off a beautiful two-handed layup...