Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...directions carefully. If a classmate drops a pin on the floor, what would you pick it up with? Answer A: a screwdriver. Answer B: pliers. Answer C: a wrench. " Lisa punched button B on Leachim's chest. "You are correct," said the robot. "Pliers will help you lift and squeeze things." "He's very polite," says Lisa. "He says 'thank you' and 'please...
Similarly, the presentation of the chants themselves suffered in a secular context. The chants were sung in too straightforward a manner without enough lift and flow. They are such a personal expression that pushing them out for an audience's sake robs them of their delicate beauty. The chants were sung as well as could be expected in the circumstances...
Five months almost to the day after the Arabs unsheathed their oil weapon they decided to put it back in the scabbard-at least for a while. As expected, oil ministers of nine Arab nations* conferring in Tripoli reached a basic agreement last week to lift the ban on oil sales to the U.S., though not the similar prohibitions on exports to The Netherlands, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. But they left the world waiting to hear just when and for how long they would permit oil to flow to the U.S. again; according to one report, they will decide...
...representatives of other oil-producing countries. But they remained shrouded in mystery last week because the Arabs were going through diplomatic contortions to maintain a façade of unity despite deep divisions. For weeks Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been trying to persuade the other Arab nations to lift the oil embargo in recognition of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's effort to arrange an Arab-Israeli settlement. But they had met strong opposition from Algeria, Syria and especially Libya, whose leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is the Arab world's most vehement critic of the U.S. Those...
...regulars hit the pile with predictable regularity ... To them, working out is a contest of who is the strongest, who is the baddest... As the sun slides down ... style is now trump and all hands hold the boss suit. Pump-up freaks are in the game; they rip off [lift after lift] until their muscles are swollen with blood and then, and only then, they strip to the waist. As they remove their shirts, a discerning eye weighs the audience reaction. If the crowd doesn't respond, they do. It seems the pump-up tripper can't believe...