Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...benefits or slowing the military-spending buildup. Not only might such positions be risky in an election year, but the President could also blame Democrats for any resulting budget deadlock. The White House also hopes that the economy will revive enough by late summer to give its budget a lift and help prepare the party for the November elections. "The President is in the catbird seat," contends one of his top aides, referring to the budget process. "He has his program, and he has the veto power...
Ward's first tally came 5 09 into the stanza when Dianne Hurley put a tough wrist shot on net. Whitcomb stopped the original shot and linemate Vicki Palmer's rebound attempt but Ward rushed into the crease to lift the discover the sprawling Whitcomb...
LAST WEEK'S DECISION by the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility seems a hollow victory at best. The ACSR opted to delay consideration of a proposal to lift Harvard's automatic ban on investments in banks that make loans to South Africa...
Nonetheless, it is equally clear that French refusal to sign the contract with the Soviets would have had little if any impact on Poland. Certainly, it would not have prompted the Russians to pressure Jaruzelski to lift martial law. By doing "business as usual" with the U.S.S.R, the French communicate to the Poles--at least to those who heard of the deal--that they can expect little but token gestures from the West and will have to fend for themselves. The lesson is a cruel but necessary one; only the Poles themselves, through whatever means of resistance they choose...
...loss was the Crimson's third in a row coming after two Ivy League road defeats over the weekend. The return of Dixon in Saturday's regionally televised game against Princeton at the IAB should give the squad a needed lift as it heads into the meat of the League schedule...