Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into a Broadway musical, with choreography by Debbie Allen. Plus an original story for TV, an 875-page screenplay that will run over 14 episodes. "All right, you son-of-a-bitch, get to work," says the muse in flattop and coveralls. And the giant meekly obeys, preparing to flood the market with millions of words. "The horror!" says the muse. "The horror!" But just now, no one can tell whether he is speaking with nostalgia or anticipation...
...Reagan Administration, which generally neglected trade issues during its early years, was a prime mover in mounting the new talks. Congress and corporate leaders have put pressure on the Administration to stem the flood of imports into the U.S., which may produce a record trade deficit of $175 billion this year. Most members of Congress want to narrow that gap by imposing protectionist measures, which the President opposes...
Tutu becomes archbishop amid a flood of violence in Soweto...
...welfare programs. Best of all, the Federal Republic has an unusually liberal asylum law that was adopted in 1949 to accommodate Germans fleeing East European Communist rule. Small wonder that roughly 245 refugees, mostly from the Middle East, Iran and the Indian subcontinent, arrive each day. The sharply rising flood of immigrants, however, has set off cries of protest from West Germans...
...November 1985, the Citizens' Stamp AdvisoryCommittee, which designates new commemorativeissues, denied a proposal to honor Harvard's 350thanniversary on the basis of the 1971 ruling, whichsought to prevent a flood of requests by collegesfor such an honor. After considerable prodding anda barrage of letters, however, the committee,which approves only 40 to 60 of the 4000 stampsuggestions it receives annually, agreed thathonoring John Harvard himself would not beinappropriate...