Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great hope of Corazon Aquino's ascension to power was that the Communist insurgents might heed her plea to disarm and join in the rebuilding of Philippine society. That hope got a lift when the Communist New People's Army agreed last December to a 60-day cease-fire, a first for the 18-year-old rebel insurgency. But the truce broke down last month amid bitter charges and countercharges. The Ministry of Defense estimates that at least 350 people have died since the fighting resumed. The violence often plays out in a lethal tit for tat. Last week, after...
...kidding," I thought. He looked like he had just finished his daily lift at the gym and was on his way home to a pasta dinner. I decided that if he could do it, I certainly could. I stepped up after him and chose a psychic reader named Steve from a collage of hand-drawn posters advertising each reader's special focus...
...rigs now stand idle. A total of 806 rigs are currently operating in the U.S., down from 4,530 in 1981. The oil is there for the taking, of course, but it is simply too expensive to get out of the ground. While Middle East producers can find and lift a new barrel of oil for about $1, U.S. companies spend an average of more than...
...Manhattan headquarters, a therapist is on staff. Steve Herfield, president of Manhattan Temporaries, pays for up to two minimassages a week for each of his twelve employees. "Some were skeptical at first," he recalls. "Now they'd like it every day. It's a real break and a real lift." Not always, however. Some therapists report that staffers occasionally are left so relaxed that they nod off at their desks...
...principle behind "Skyro," a wing that moves forward like an airplane propeller and has the verticle lift of a helicopter, is one that will enable automobiles to fly someday, says Cudmore...