Word: hooks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deal also took Illinois Attorney General Neil F. Hartigan off the hook. Once a man who sounded at times like a foe of abortion, it was his department that would have argued for the restrictions when the case came before the Supreme Court. But Hartigan will be running for Governor next year. Now he can campaign as a defender of -- what else? -- abortion rights...
...House, Bush examined the pictures his photographers had made of Ortega. In shot after shot, Bush noted, was that same fixed stare beyond the people around him, a lonely man both at home and abroad. "Now, we keep pushing him," Bush said. "We don't let him off the hook of holding free elections. He is trapped as the current of democracy goes against...
Priced at $90, the toy is more expensive than the average stocking stuffer. But it comes with headphones, a high-resolution screen and an accessory called Video Link that enables players to hook two machines together for head-to-head competition. Not all the games involve zapping; some call for role playing. Nintendo hopes the diversity of the games will help attract girls, who represent 25% of Game Boy's following...
...veteran examines a 20-year-old photograph of his graduating class. "The guy on my left is dead now," he notes. "So is the guy on my right. The three of us didn't fare too well in Viet Nam. I came out the best." He points with the hook that serves as his right hand...
...that is exceptional even by the standards of the coal industry. It's not just that Pittston was criminally negligent in the 1972 flash flood that destroyed sixteen West Virginia towns along Buffalo Creek, along with 125 of their residents. It's not just that Pittston got off the hook for the Buffalo Creek catastrophe with a miniscule $13.5 million settlement by allegedly using its influence with the corrupt administration of former West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore, Jr. It's not just that Pittston has been cited for 45 violations of labor relations laws in the last seven months...