Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gives us the lift we all need, a look at life with a laugh. Mary M. McCarthy Waban, Mass...
...delegate majority, but he suffered a jolting loss in California, and his candidacy looked shaky. Reagan, bolstered by a reviving economy, was growing stronger by the week. To Mondale and his men, the need for a bold stroke became increasingly apparent. Said one aide: "We needed a tremendous lift, no matter the risk...
...state visit to Brazil late last month, Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry was asked when he planned to lift the state of emergency in the Andean highlands, imposed in October 1981 after repeated terrorist attacks by Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas. Replied Belaunde: "When not a drop of blood is spilled for 30 days." Last week the rebels made a gruesome response: the bloodiest attacks around the country since Sendero's emergence as a violent force in 1980. Armed with submachine guns, rifles and dynamite, the guerrillas attacked police posts, army patrols, bridges, power stations and telecommunications lines...
...attempt to remain competitive, Caterpillar has been drastically reducing overhead. It plans to close five of its 22 U.S. plants, plus one in Britain, and it is ending the manufacture of lift trucks in Ohio and moving some production to Britain and South Korea. "The strong dollar actually encourages the transfer of manufacturing to places other than the U.S.," says Erskine Chapman, Caterpillar's head of worldwide sales. The company has arranged new manufacturing agreements with firms in South Korea, West Germany and Norway. Executive Vice President Peter Donis recently hinted that Caterpillar may even reduce operations in Peoria...
...answer lies in the tribal loyalty that keeps him bound to his wackily wayward kinsman. But there is more to the male bonding than that, as this bleakly, sneakily comic movie explains. For all his sharp airs and knowing style, Charlie is a rather passive character. He needs the lift hat Paulie, bouncing through life like a Spauldeen in a stickball game, can give him. For his part, Paulie needs to be caught every once in a while and stuffed in a warm, dark pocket to restore his elasticity...