Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nothing seemed amiss when Captain Alfred Haynes, 59, a 33-year United Airlines veteran, lifted the three-engine DC-10 into sunny skies over Denver for a two-hour flight to Chicago. The airliner, configured to hold 287 passengers, had only five vacant seats. Since United had designated July as "picnic month," the eight flight attendants served mini-baskets of chicken sticks, crackers and cheese...
Homebuilding could be another strong foundation for the economy. Real estate usually takes a tumble just before a recession begins and stages a comeback as a recovery takes hold. This time some economists predict that the housing industry, aided by falling mortgage rates, may bounce back later in the year. Last week the Government reported that housing starts during June rose 7%, to an annual rate of 1.4 million. Even so, some experts are cautious about predicting a housing boon because the rise was entirely attributable to an increase in multifamily houses and apartment buildings. There was no growth...
After investing heavily in lives and money to take and hold the Saltoro, it would be politically difficult for Gandhi to yield even part of the territory to Pakistan, especially with national elections only months away. Bhutto is in an even more sensitive position. Having once taunted late President Mohammed % Zia ul-Haq, her predecessor, for losing the territory in the first place, she now faces poisonous criticism from opposition leaders who accuse her of "submission" to India. In the end, both Gandhi and Bhutto will have to stare down their political antagonists in order to agree on a boundary...
...finish each other's sentences," Crystal says, "and he finishes my lunch" -- meets the challenge of making a compulsive Lothario not just likable but impishly seductive. And Ephron, a helpful Heloise of emotional heartburn, perks the script with clever answers to modern problems. How long should a man hold a woman after making love to her? "Somewhere between 30 seconds and all night." What doubt nags at any woman who lets Mr. Right get away? "You'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that someone else is married to your husband." What is the guilty secret...
...Mort was the kind of guy who could make you do that. You think Bill Cosby ever forced me to do that? Cosby can't even hold Mort's [the same part of the body mentioned before...