Word: maiden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economic measures brought the hibernating political opposition out in force for the first time since the Socialist victory. "Five years of such policies will set France back 20 years," fumed Raymond Barre, the former conservative Premier and an economics professor. Declared defeated President Giscard d'Estaing, in his maiden public comment on Mitterrand's performance: "Devaluation after just a few months in office rings out like the first sound of an alarm bell...
...Minnie O'Donovan. She put bread on the table by working as a domestic, and acquired a taste for the classics by reading her employers' books. Minnie passed the love of Shakespeare and poetry on to her son. He later returned the love by publishing under her maiden name...
Mainly because it uses about four times as much fuel per passenger as a 747, the Concorde has been a money loser since its maiden flights in 1976. The British and French governments now subsidize it at a rate of roughly $90 million a year. The Socialist government of France's François Mitterrand is considering grounding the prestige plane. Officials of the two nations will open talks next month on the possibility of ending, or at least severely curtailing, Concorde passenger flights...
...ever see a maiden in a little rolling chair, Room for two, Sue and you, Hear the salty breezes through her curly locks of hair, Ocean's blue...
...rainy Saturday night in darkest Somerville, Mass.-a time and place suitable for filming the maiden-munching scene of a monster flick-a long line of wet people huddle under the blue-and-white awnings of Steve's. Another 50 sodden citizens wait inside. They are lining up to buy ice cream-carob, perhaps, or banana coffee, since a temporary shortage of fine cinnamon has made the obvious first choice of chocolate-cinnamon-raisin unavailable-at a cost of $1.60 for a large scoop with one mix-in, or $2 for a large scoop with three...