Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Swiss commandos lift the bizarre siege of a Polish embassy...
...Atlanta firm that owns bowling alleys: "A few weeks ago my broker called me three times a day with stock tips. Now phoning him is like trying to call an airline in December." Because shareholders suddenly feel richer, the stock rally could help boost consumer spending and give a lift to the entire economy...
...perfect body." Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker journalist and humorist, wonders whether this new ideal woman is only a media spin-off from the popularity of Jane Fonda and her bestselling Workout Book (see box page 75). "For the public good," Trillin says, "the more people who can lift the end of a car off the ground in case of trouble, the better. But I'm not sure I see any other advantages to it. Speaking as one whose muscles don't ripple, I feel confident in proclaiming that this too shall pass and that our natural inclination toward sloth...
Women can move proudly into the security of then-new bodies ? they can jog into shape, lift weights for body tone, wear themselves out in the disco bliss of Jazzercise. But what about men? "Jazzercise is a blowout," one Atlanta woman says. "Remember the first dances you went to, where all the girls ended up dancing with other girls because the boys couldn't dance? So this gives me a chance to dance, which my husband hasn't done since our wedding. But my husband still won't dance. Come to think of it, I'm back to dancing...
...screamed obscenities and lustily pelted his railway car with eggs and tomatoes. Particularly annoyed by out-of-work demonstrators at Salmon Arm, B.C., Trudeau responded before TV cameras with a monodigital gesture that prompted one observer to note: "Let it never be said that the Prime Minister refused to lift a finger on behalf of the unemployed...