Word: nose
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Board. As always, Greenspan faces some hard choices. If he raises interest rates to prop up the dollar, he risks stifling economic activity and triggering a recession. But if he allows the money supply to grow too quickly, and interest rates drop, the dollar could go into a further nose dive, and inflation would take...
THERE ARE some questions that may forever remain unanswered. Why is the reindeer Rudolph's nose red? Why does Bears quarterback Mike Tomczak still play in the NFL? Of greater importance to our lives is the unanswerable question of why the new alcohol policy (Version #45.6b) restricts houses to one campus party a year...
...liquid from the first bottle into the first glass and holds it up to the light. "Good color," he says, "but that's rarely a problem with California wines." He swirls the glass fiercely for a second or two and inhales. "Not much wood in the nose," he observes, "but it's jammy, with plenty of fruit." He sips, noisily sloshes the wine along his tongue and, with practiced aplomb, spews a stream of Napa Valley Merlot into the sink of his wet bar. "It's a little too tannic," he concludes. "Competently made, but nothing exciting. Probably...
...languishing in a Swiss sanatorium. Elsewhere in this view of Washington below the Beltway, sex and statecraft are cranked up to date. "The real story at the heart of politics and male power was their wives and lady friends," thinks Deena Simon, the gossip columnist with a nose for news but practically no nose. "Just ask Gary Hart...
...Mexican desert followed by 30 ranchers, cowboys and range conservationists. We've come to Albuquerque for an intensive six-day workshop on the holistic management of natural resources: land, water, livestock and wildlife. Savory's special genius is combining high-minded idealism with thoroughgoing practicality, and he has a nose for generating profit in the process. His penchant for common sense is constantly fired by an indignation at how we have neglected our lands. "Nobody seems to care," he says, "and all the remedies have fallen short...