Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...others are offering discounts for purchases made with old-fashioned folding money. At Pure Gold, a jewelry boutique in Atlanta, the response to a 10% cash discount has been "terrific," according to a saleswoman. Last week the House of Representatives gave further encouragement to the trend by voting to lift cash-discount restrictions. At present some states limit to 5% the discounts offered as incentives for payment in cash...
When at last the darkness began to lift, Nelson and Ruff began looking for their friends. They saw nothing but ashes and logs where Varner's tent had been; she and Crall later were found dead. The two other members of the camping group, Dan Balch and Brian Thomas, were alive -barely. Burned skin hung loose from Balch's shoulders to his hands, and he was in shock. He was unable to walk. Thomas, wearing only the long john bottoms in which he had been sleeping, was lying dazed under a log. Nelson and Ruff hauled...
...Lift martial law!" shouted the demonstrators. Others cried...
...some shortcomings. Because of the shuttle's small payload, only the most hazardous fission byproducts could be considered for launch. They would also require almost foolproof packaging-probably a hardened mix of metals and ceramic encased in stainless steel spheres. As a precaution against a crash during lift-off or in the early stages of the journey, the spheres would be carried in an aerodynamically shaped container with heat shielding. That would enable them to survive a fiery plunge back into the atmosphere without spreading radioactive debris round the earth...
...President's spirits seemed to lift a little when he attended the last event of the day, a "town meeting" of the type he greatly enjoys. For 68 minutes, he bantered easily with some 1,700 people gathered in McGonigle Hall at Temple University. When somebody complimented him for doing a "marvelous job," he quipped that this was his favorite question so far. The audience applauded...