Word: direness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time - Maybe I shouldn't be tellin' you dis - We drinkin' Corona, having a good time. Laissez bontemps rouler! We're, you know, just fine. Dey Border Cafe, laissez me vous dire, you have a good time! I can tell you dat! All dey good people, eatin' and drinkin'! Dey so happy! Make you wanna...
...American Bar Association in New Orleans, Secretary of State George Shultz last week reiterated the Administration view that the Sandinista regime is a "Soviet ( stronghold on the mainland." By supporting the Nicaraguan insurrection, said Shultz, "we may avoid direct military involvement by the U.S. in the future." Such dire warnings are intended to present the American people with a stark choice: pay for the contras now or pay for a war later...
...peasant, cuisine bourgeoise and even meat and potatoes. Meanwhile, freshness took on new meaning as lazy cooks opted for unfrozen, simmer-in-bag prepared dishes. And with rabbit the In meat of the year, the most worried of all perhaps is Bugs Bunny, who now faces a fate more dire than any conjured up by Elmer Fudd...
...sneers the CO as he welcomes Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) to his latest assignment in a career that stretches from Korea in Tom's distinguished past to Grenada in the near future. But it is the assignment Highway wanted: top kick of a reconnaissance platoon in dire need of the kind of training only he can provide...
Ford's stunning resurgence is largely the product of its 1980-82 trauma, during which the company lost $3.3 billion. Ford's dire situation inspired its leaders to make the kind of long-shot gambles that few automakers would risk under normal circumstances. The decision to cut back dramatically the company's factory capacity has succeeded in lowering Ford's fixed expenses so that its North American operations now make a profit after selling just 2.1 million vehicles a year, 30% fewer than necessary in 1980. Ford has not opened a single new U.S. plant since 1980 but has refitted...