Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vote tallies accumulated Tuesday night, it appeared for a time that the Bush effort had fallen short by a scant 3,000 votes. "Missouri is definitely lost," Communications Director Teeley remarked. But when the last precincts in St. Louis suburbs were heard from, Bush had won by a margin of 4,500. Dole had failed to carry a single state, while Robertson's organizers managed to win the poorly attended caucuses in Washington State. Talking about the primaries, Atwater exulted, "A clean sweep. A shutout. It doesn't get any better than this...
Although actual home ownership costs have fallen from a peak in 1982, the cost of owning a typical "starter" home last year accounted for 32 percent of the average annual income of first-home buyers. This figure is up 50 percent from the 1970s, according to the study...
...Russian bureaucrat can discover that he's actually the king of Spain. As he loses himself more and more in his delusions, the real pain behind his situation becomes clear, and the audience realizes that class boundaries separate him forever from the general's daughter with whom he has fallen in love. Silver's performance becomes especially moving at the conclusion, as the madman cries for his mother to return and cae for her tormented...
...driver of the car, who was not injured, told witnesses he had fallen asleep while delivering food for a local catering service. "The driver told me he was tired and he fell asleep," said the Harvard student...
Twenty years later we may not have fallen so far, but a report prepared for the anniversary of the Kerner study reveals that we still have miles to go. Now the key issue is no longer legal barriers to advancement, but economic setbacks...