Word: ironizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHEN WINSTON CHURCHILL SPOKE of an iron curtain descending between East and West, he was referring to both a literal and figurative barrier. A decade after the speech, the Berlin Wall had been erected, tangibly separating Europe in two. But even as Churchill put forth his image, a symbolic partition was already in place, preventing the West from getting a good, hard look at the East. That partition, "built" after the Russian Revolution in 1917, remains as sturdy today as it was during the British war hero's time...
...council's desire to increase general student awareness of the disciplinary body's procedures and purpose, members of the board said But because there was some disagreement about how to achieve that goal the Board postponed a decision on the matter, appointing a small group of members to iron out an agreeable format with council delegates...
...electrician called at my house at eight in the morning and as soon as the door was open, he said: "You have to change the electric iron's cord." Immediately realizing that he had come to the wrong door, he apologized and left. Hours later, my wife connected the iron, and the cord caught fire. There is no need to go on. It is enough to read the papers, and open one's eyes, in order to feel willing to shout along with the French college students: "Power to the imagination!" -Gabriel Garcia Márquez, commenting...
...knew the girls knew how to win and that it would just be a matter of time," the coach added, referring to this year's early problems. "We were missing the little things in the middle of the year and it took some time to iron them out," Assistant Coach Bill MacDonald agreed...
...200s by Perkin-Elmer, are used in the manufacture of microcircuitry for everything from digital watches to missile guidance systems. Designed ten years ago, the equipment has since been superseded by more advanced models. Nonetheless, the Commerce Department has it on a list of equipment banned for export to Iron Curtain countries. Commerce analysts estimate that 70% of computer microchips made in the Soviet Union are turned out on Western equipment, most of it shipped there illegally...