Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...move side to side from Louis Rodriguez and to lay on the ropes from Sugar Ray ..." "Lay" for "lie" may be a weak paraphrase of fighters' talk, though the context makes this seem unlikely. But a few pages later there is something that would earn an automatic C minus in freshman English: "No one ever looked good wearing out their hands on Chuvalo...
...effectiveness even after a year of investigation and publicity. Few agree with that figure. Says one senior expert on the U.S. intelligence efforts: "Their analysis is not outstanding, and their covert operations are marginal. I'd say that their B-plus grade has slipped to B-minus...
...captures peoples' imagination in a way that makes history before it happens. Lynn, a rookie centerfielder fresh up from a quick but unbrilliant career with Pawtucket, is having a sensational, sensational year. He is leading the league in RBIs and leading the majors in run production--RBIs plus runs, minus the homers, which are duplicates. He is fourth in homers and number two in batting average, behind Rod Carew--which is like running second to Hermes. He handles centerfield like a fish in water and he runs the bases like a pro. In late June he knocked in ten runs...
...monotony and the impatience sometimes caused accidents. Carl Gottlieb fell overboard and was nearly decapitated by the boat's propellers. About to duplicate Rizzo's feat-minus the presence of real sharks-Dreyfuss was almost imprisoned in his cage. Wearing a steel-and-leather corset for protection, Shaw spent two days being ingested by Bruce. Roy Scheider took no chances for his own moment of truth, which was to take place in the cabin of the sinking ship. He kept his own hammers and axes close at hand in case the effects men did not move fast enough...
...economic terms. Using a kind of restaurant-rating system in reverse, the consulting firm of Arthur D. Little Inc., for example, conducted a study for the state of Maine. The study rated the social and environmental impact of various types of tourists by measuring them on a scale of minus one (for least damaging) to minus five for each of a dozen criteria, and comparing the total with the vacationers' average expenditure per tourist day. Topping the list, in terms of least environmental and social intrusion, are conventioneers (minus 20) and business visitors (minus 24); the two classes...