Word: feds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...landers began providing the most accurate measurements yet of Martian surface temperatures, atmospheric density and wind velocity, while the cameras shot more than 4,500 spectacular close-up pictures of the surrounding, rock- strewn landscape. Each lander was also equipped with an arm that scooped up soil samples and fed them to a little onboard biological laboratory, where they were analyzed for any signs of metabolic activity, which would signify life...
...Fed Ex, computer modems: the great world is ahum with high-speed messengers, helping everybody hurtle through his wheedling and dealing at record pace. Sometimes it seems the only people left lurking about that most primitive example of communications hardware, the mailbox, are the creators of that quaintest of software, the novel...
...diners who care less about being educated or entertained than being superbly fed, there are a growing number of upscale restaurants serving exotic delicacies with a Latin twist. At Dallas' luxurious Routh Street Cafe, Chef Stephen Pyles offers the ultimate in cross-cultural fare: lobster enchiladas with red pepper creme fraiche and caviar, and fillet of salmon with ancho chili tomatilloes. At Tamayo's, a $2.5 million restaurant located on the edges of East Los Angeles, appetizers include grilled marinated octopus and onion on corn tortillas, followed by such entrees as baked marinated milk-fed kid with ancho and arbol...
When 1980 came around, Blacks, along with the rest of America, were fed up with Carter. While Blacks sat on their hands, the rest of America voted Carter out and Reagan into office...
Paul's father was sent to jail for two years, after being denounced as an "imperialist" for actions he allegedly committed during the revolution. He had been a member of the party and a Communist activist, but was fed rice and water for two years in a jail cell. Paul's mother, a schoolteacher, also ran afoul of the authorities--she was denounced by her own students after mistakenly sitting on a newspaper which contained Chairman Mao's picture. She was sent to the country...