Word: matching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kite flying. Two Peoples best sellers: frames that combine tortoiseshell eye pieces and temples with a wire bridge (Nick Nolte sports a pair in the recent New York Stories); and clip-on sunglasses, the sort that '30s movie stars would attach to their specs to check out a polo match over at Will Rogers' place...
...able to find all the Soviet bugs. The sophistication of the overall system made the Americans realize they had underrated the Soviets; they weren't even sure how the various electronic parts they had found worked together. The Bracy confession landed in this explosive environment like a lighted match in a munitions dump. "There was a hysteria about it," says a recently retired official. "There had been a series of underestimations of what the Soviets could do. So when someone comes in and dramatically overestimates, anyone who criticizes that is put in the same category as those who underestimated...
...Bush Administration, which had been caught flat-footed by the Valdez's spill in Prince William Sound, sent in a team of high-level officials, including Environmental Protection Agency administrator William Reilly, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan and several White House advisers. While there was no chance the calamity would match the worst-in-history damage in Alaska, the Rhode Island spill could still wreak environmental havoc. The ship was loaded with a relatively light fuel that will break up much faster than the 11 million gal. of gooey crude that oozed out of the Exxon Valdez. However, the fuel...
Unlike other rappers, LL likes to play with words. He won't go for the easy rhyme. What other rapper would match "Jimmy Olson" with "green, golden Molson?" Or who would even think of dubbing a few bars of the Cheers theme song? Only...
...breaks could not hold off the cramping. Wobbling, Chang decided the best tactic was to use his head to abuse Lendl's. Up 4-3 in games but down 15-30 in points, Chang quick- pitched his opponent an underhand, if not underhanded, serve. From that moment to match point, the smoke never stopped streaming from Lendl's ears. It obscured his skills...