Word: gasps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Welcome to our quaint town. Hope you like the construction, which, you might want to know, will continue until (gasp) 1984. But while some are here for four years, you are here for a few days. So you may want to sample a slice of Cambridge life. Or a slice of pizza...
...puzzle out how the rebels are faring in the hills of Afghanistan than to divine Carter's rationale for sending 19- and 20-year-olds to their local post-office windows. His proposal comes under the umbrella of the "Carter doctrine," his promise to defend the Persian Gulf by--gasp--any means necessary. A year ago, his administration rejected a return to draft registration; the Pentagon had much more confidence in the volunteer army than Congressional critics looking for something to criticize. Today the White House says, "Recent events have shown us that more dramatic efforts are in order...
...action hadn't ended. Seconds later, Mitch Olson slammed a drive off the same post, and then with ten seconds to go, Mike Watson broke free all alone, shot wide, recovered behind the net and (gasp) clanged it against the other post. Cleary: "Jeez, we just can't buy a goal...
...minority groups in American society. The current crisis of America's cities highlights a retreat from the Great Society. Today inner-city poverty entraps millions of Americans--not just blacks. It suffocates them with poor housing, poor schooling and few jobs. And as cities across the United States gasp for new life, Jimmy Carter blows them only...
...condemned Welch and his group. Welch had offended nearly everyone by then, especially with his call for complete and unilateral American withdrawal from Vietnam in 1965. By Welch's peculiar reasoning, Communists were running both sides of the war, and the United States was paying for it. A last gasp of attention came in the late '60s, as a result of a campaign more renowned for its slogan than its effect, "Support Your Local Police...