Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suggests that, like Presidents before him, Reagan has simply passed through the period of mild euphoria that attends the early months of each new Administration. His loss of popular support is far from irreversible. An improved economy and the prospect of a budget more nearly in balance would doubtless lift his domestic ratings. It remains to be seen whether more coherent and consistent explanations of the Administration's foreign policy will influence public attitudes, or whether the statistical evidence of public disagreement will harden from volatile views to firmly held opinions-with intriguing political implications for the President...
...directions across an oversized etch-a-sketch board. The spots, typically upper middle class suburban or uptown New York spots, meander, speedup and decelerate as they course ineluctably through the turns Ultimately, the design ties itself off with a sudden bizarre crook--a child gets shredded by a ski lift, a husband is shot by his wife in a race around the living room or a fatal car crash occurs. Sometimes things turn out well. The sum is an impoverished literary Calvinism of the two car garage...
...fact, a week after I got there, Arnie was in Denver for the day, Dave was in El Paso, Dan was at work in a pet shop, and Liz needed a lift to the airport. Since my father is somewhat paranoid about teenagers on freeways, I had never driven on one before that week. I went over the directions six times with Liz after explaining to anyone who would listen how nervous...
...open meeting of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR)--scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Emerson 105--will be the first formal opportunity for students to present their views on whether the University should lift its automatic ban on leaving money in banks making loans to South Africa...
...that many courts will not hear the resulting evidence. But more, not less, scientific evidence is likely in the future. With the help of an ion chromatograph, FBI technicians are starting to determine not only the type but even the manufacturer of explosive substances. Lasers are enabling experts to lift fingerprints from difficult surfaces like cloth and even the human body. Kansas City's Howell believes that the coming years will see a great increase in the use of weapon marks. In one stabbing murder, researchers compared a section of the victim's trachea with cuts made...