Word: dooms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Anchorage Daily News cartoon that showed oil-company workers competing in a race for a "Public Relations Cup," the rescuers also faced the possibility of inadvertently killing the whales with kindness. Would the shock of heavy equipment hammering the ice pack panic the whales and scare them to their doom under...
...were very lucky last October. Lucky not only because decisive steps by various governments stabilized the situation, but also because the bond market and the dollar did not crash along with stocks. One does not have to be a prophet of doom and gloom to sketch a possible downside scenario despite current strong economic statistics. With the trade deficit still high, inflation on the rise, no resolution to Third World debt problems and no decisive action on the federal budget deficit, we could see another steep decline of the dollar, a spurt in interest rates, a break in bond prices...
Their logic did not prevail against the N.R.A.'s cold cash. Collectively, the Congressmen who voted to doom the waiting period have received $1,167,908 from the gun lobby in the past five years. The 70% of Americans who support tighter gun controls are rarely as passionate, vocal or generous...
What's a gal to do? Take what she can get, work hard and hope. The three new, earnest, off-Hollywood movies from this star-worthy trio -- Irving's Crossing Delancey, Arquette's The Big Blue and Winger's Betrayed -- suggest that when a project has doom scrawled across it, even an incandescent actress can't save the day. If her luck breaks even, maybe she can save herself...
...believe there are no limits to what America can do," Dukakis told delegates at the convention. No longer the party of doom and gloom, the Democrats sound positive about the future. And they should: after eight years of Reagan, the Democrats appear headed for victory come November...