Word: lift
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...aging system. Opened in 1959 by President Eisenhower, who hailed it as an economic boon for the region, the seaway links the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario to the rest of the Great Lakes. The seaway experienced a first catastrophe last year, when a lift bridge at Valleyfield, Que., jammed. That caused an 18-day shutdown and cost shippers more than $40 million in lost business. At an Ottawa press conference last week, William O'Neil, the president of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, dismissed suggestions that his facility may be falling apart. Said...
...remain confidential. However, the committee could certainly demonstrate good faith and avoidance of whitewash by requesting the permission of those who testified to release their testimony. Making the transcripts public with the names of the principles deleted would not compromise anyone's right to privacy and would certainly help lift the pall of doubt and uncertainty that hangs over last spring's events...
...lift," Pendleton said of the rally, "especially the way Leibrandt was pitching. It was a great comeback. I really thought he'd gone, though. I really thought they would bring in some of their good relievers...
...sticker from his truck. Snodgrass is suing, and the American Civil Liberties Union argues that his dismissal violated his right to free speech. In another action, Killington has filed a libel suit against the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus newspaper for publishing a cartoon showing two skiers riding a ski lift carrying toilet plungers instead of ski poles. The caption: "Uh-oh, looks like the snowmaking machines are clogged again...
When New York public health inspectors shut down "K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen" last spring, the hungry followers of gastronome Paul Prudhomme howled: their cry was so vociferous that Mayor Edward I. Koch intervened to lift the restaurant's suspension. And, the next day, the story appeared on the front page of The New York Times...