Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time at the track and is always sarcastic, even in bed. When one woman remarks, after a mutual climax, "God, we should have done that a long time ago," Theron simply answers "Done what?" Finally challenged by his ex-wife to say something serious, his only response is "Gross National Product...
...past few months, American business has been close to comatose, and fears of recession have been increasing. The Commerce Department reported last week that the gross national product, after adjustment for inflation, grew at an annual rate of only .7% during the first three months of the year. That was down sharply from the 4.3% gain in the final quarter of 1984. In addition, corporate profits are off, capital spending is sagging and unemployment is stuck...
Sharon angrily labeled the ambassador's account "a gross lie." Speaking on Israeli television, he described Lewis as "a cornerstone of the American failure in Lebanon and the Middle East" because his reports, as well as those of other U.S. officials, "misled the (U.S.) President." Sharon characterized his meeting with Habib as "part of my efforts to prevent war." Ambassador Lewis, whose account was backed by the State Department, was later asked why he had raised the issue at this time. Said he: "I was asked the question, and I don't dodge questions...
AMBITION. I am ambitious, but if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity. I am not surprised by my success because it feels natural. When I was younger I never said, "O.K., this is the plan. I'm going to be a dancer and that's going to lead to singing and that's going to lead to acting." My calculation was that I knew I had to apply myself and work. And that devotion -- and that ambition and that courage -- was going to take me to the next step. So, that...
...justice, let there be no peace." Since then, Rawlings has moderated his rhetoric. He has imposed an austerity package prescribed by the International Monetary Fund, which has, among other things, eliminated government subsidies on oil products and devalued the cedi, Ghana's hyperinflated currency. Last year the country's gross national product rose for the first time in a decade. Says John Ijichi, Ghana's loan officer at the World Bank in Washington: "What is refreshing in Ghana is that people openly admit that the situation is their fault...