Word: lid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dudley House Master Paul D. Hanson however, said he wanted to "keep a lid on the number of guests" in the house. He explained the house would most likely have some form of registration for guests...
...Kingston said. "We want to button down the lid this weekend...
...intended for a British army patrol. The accident prompted yet another embarrassed apology by the terrorists. They realize such mistakes cost them support, even among sympathizers in Ulster's 500,000-member Catholic community, and stiffen the determination of the Protestant majority, 1 million strong, to continue keeping a lid on the minority...
...will they? "Iran and Iraq might surprise everyone and agree to keep a lid on production," cautions Peter Beutel, an oil-market analyst for the Manhattan commodities firm Elders Futures, Inc. Another variable is Saudi Arabia's strategy, says G. Henry Schuler, an energy specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Schuler points out that in 1987, when oil sold for $20 per bbl., Riyadh increased its production to drive down the price and deprive Iran of its war chest. "But once the war is over, then the Saudis don't have any reason to keep...
While there is no lid on how much he can spend on his Senate campaign, federal law limits direct expenditures in the presidential campaign to the federal campaign funds--divided equally between the major party candidates...