Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When talk turned to Reagan's 100% tariff on certain Japanese goods, the President said he expected to lift the measures "as soon as possible." That could mean early June, when Japan joins the U.S. and major West European nations in Venice for an economic summit. Nakasone would like the sanctions lifted even sooner. Calling them a "very sore thorn sticking in our small finger," the Prime Minister sought their immediate removal. But Reagan did not give any specific date. The U.S. first wants to see clear signs that Japan is living up to a 1986 agreement to refrain from...
...rails, it floats four inches above a guideway on a cushion of magnetic force; there is no friction to slow it down, no fear of derailment on a section of bent track. This maglev has wheels, but the only times it uses them are while picking up speed before lift-off and while slowing down after landing...
...Robertson reacted with instincts that had been honed by 1,700 jumps during time away from his job as an AT&T engineer in Phoenix. He straightened into a vertical dart, arms pinned to his body, ankles crossed, head aimed at the ground in what chutists call a "no-lift" dive, and plummeted toward Williams at a speed of around 200 m.p.h. The effort was like "trying to catch a football that was flopping down the road at 40 m.p.h.," said Bill Rothe, Williams' fiance, who watched from the ground. At 3,500 ft., about ten seconds before impact, Robertson...
...Afrikaner discontent is having its effect even on politicians loyal to Botha. Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha (no relation to the President) told an election rally this month that some of the social restrictions of apartheid are absurd. "I cannot understand," he said, "how you can stand in a lift with a black man with a toolbox in his hand, but when he puts on a suit you want nothing to do with...
Baseball shakes off its sad start, especially in Milwaukee, where a pair of strangers named Trebelhorn and Nieves lift the Brewers...