Word: lull
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...tanker war hits a lull, but Iraq fears a new land offensive...
Unemployment has shown the biggest twelve-month drop since the Korean War. But we shouldn't let this lull us into believing that we don't have to do something about the deficits...
...visited Beirut and some of the Marine positions only a week ago," Smith said. "There had been a brief lull in Lebanon's bloodshed. It is astonishing how quickly the devastation resumed...
...lives of the 1,200 U.S. Marines dug in around Beirut International Airport. But the ground combat and the artillery fire persisted as the fledgling Lebanese Army fought Syrian-backed Druze forces for control of the strategic hill town of Suq al Gharb. The Marines, after savoring a brief lull in artillery fire directed at the airport, were forced back into their bunkers when mortar rounds began falling near them. And as they hunkered down, a political battle erupted in Washington between Congress and the President over the thorny issue of who has final authority to keep U.S. forces deployed...
...TIME board, though, feared the economy's vigor could lull Congress and the White House into ignoring a critical problem that will eventually threaten the recovery: the burgeoning federal budget deficit, which this year is expected to reach a record $209 billion. Created by a combination of large tax cuts and heavy Government spending, the deficit has given a powerful boost to consumers and helped lift the economy out of recession...