Word: fights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Voluptuous maidens fight to do his bidding, and after the first encounter he has no obligations: he doesn't have to give anything to hold onto them. No woman says, "I'm sorry, Vlad, it's just not working out--I guess you're not my type...
...Business and both favor liberal social policies. When they breakfasted together, as they did almost every Tuesday, they found that they disagreed more about what to eat than about the kind of economic policy the nation should pursue. Like Blumenthal, Miller is committed to an all-out fight against inflation, large government and budget deficits. The new Secretary also believes in helping business and has urged tax breaks to stimulate corporate investment...
...startled friend and foe alike by delivering a belligerent speech in which he vowed to complete the remaining two years of Somoza's term. On his instructions, newly appointed Guardia Commander Frederico Mejía Gonzáles ordered his troops to "redouble your efforts in the current fight...
...million, the dictator-in-exile allowed that he was worth about $100 million; 80% of his fortune, he claimed, had been left behind in Nicaragua. Before sailing off on a vacation to the Bahamas, Somoza said that he planned, as a private citizen, to carry on the fight against those who ousted him. "I don't feel morally defeated," he said. "I stepped down because of human compassion. I hate to see my people being killed...
...movie and filled out questionnaires, which are studied by Hollywood executives with the same kind of eager dread White House aides must feel when they pore over the latest Gallup. Even the best and most independent directors find audience reaction helpful: Stanley Kubrick first filmed a wild custard-pie fight between the Americans and the Soviets as a final scene for Dr. Strangelove, but after several previews, he changed his mind and ended the movie with Major "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) riding bronco on the bomb...