Word: heard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best would-be Democratic presidents have managed so far is more talk of the welfare state and social insurance than has been heard in quite a while. After all, the safety net such programs provide did much to prevent the general panic which turned an earlier, smaller crash into a decade-long depression...
Owners of new businesses felt the pressure last week as well. Renee Ickson Young, 27, opened her own public relations firm in Manhattan last year. When she heard the news of last Monday's mayhem, she realized that she would have to adjust her business plan. "In a crunch," she says, "the extras are the first things to go at a company, and public relations is considered an extra." Until last week, Jo Ann Coogan, 30, of Dearborn, Mich., was planning to open a small brokerage. But her start-up money was heavily invested in the stock market...
...inspired pairing, St. Louis assigned Stan Musial and Moe Drabowsky last week to throw out a first ball at the World Series, something to do with their being Polish. Musial was and is a natural. When Missouri first heard that a Polish Cardinal had been elected Pope, most folks presumed it was Stan. But the selection of Drabowsky showed an instinct befitting the best baseball town in America, an affection for October strangers...
...vengeance was made good. Yet another Silkworm missile was launched from the Iranian-occupied Fao peninsula, about 50 miles north of Kuwait City. The missile scored a direct hit on Sea Island, Kuwait's only deep-water oil-loading facility. The strike caused an explosion that could be heard 20 miles away in Kuwait City. The loading dock's destruction could temporarily cripple the emirate's ability to pump its oil aboard the largest supertankers. No ship was docked there when the Silkworm struck, so only five workers were hurt, none seriously...
Nick is one of the nicest guys in the world. Even when he used to take dope and drink I've heard he was terribly nice, and he certainly...