Word: ground
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...national debt, the deficit would be cut more than a third. More to the point, there would be the reasonable prospect that the national debt would grow only about half as fast as GNP. So, gradually, over the next decade we'd find ourselves on ever firmer ground...
...month and earning $100,000 a year from investments plus another $6,000 from Social Security, all four of these tax hikes would hit. Total: an extra $1,800 ($1,300 filing jointly). But look how much better he'd sleep knowing the economy was headed for solid ground, his investments were likely to gain, and his grandkids likely to inherit a prosperous economy rather than decay, debt and decline...
...cordoba was pegged at a rate of 10 for each U.S. dollar; today the rate is 1,600 to $1. In Managua outdoor markets are bordered by garbage mounds where malnourished scavengers pick through the debris in search of food. Stagnant waters have become a breeding ground for dengue fever. In rural areas a plague of rats threatens the country's sugarcane crops...
...chief sinner is Williams. When the slave Lucky makes a long, anguished speech, a flux of debased knowledge, Williams enacts the audience's presumed boredom at having to think. He scampers. He pounds the ground. He thrusts a big bone into the slave's hands as though it were an Oscar and tells him to "thank the Academy." As Martin feigns death, Williams hovers over him, murmuring the pet name "Didi, Didi," then segues into the theme from The Twilight Zone. Martin is never so outrageous, but his familiar cool-guy strut and laid-back vocalisms keep him from inhabiting...
...mentor, Andrew Jackson, in 1836. It was also the first time since 1928 that voters granted the Republican Party a third consecutive term in the White House. But to the Republicans' chagrin, this year also marked the first time since 1960 that the party winning the presidential race lost ground in Congress. Because Bush's campaign was largely lacking in substantive issues, it did not help propel like-minded Republicans into office with him. The G.O.P. could lose two spots in the Senate, giving the Democrats a majority of 56, and a handful of seats in the House, giving...