Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soon go to the polls in search of democratic solutions. Daily life in the once proud nation has been crippled by a 400% inflation rate, 12% unemployment or underemployment and, since 1981, a 40% drop in real wages. A crumbling infrastructure and labor strikes have curtailed mail delivery, disrupted phone service and left an energy shortage so severe that electricity is rationed...
...After I realized they were gone, I ran to the phone on the end of Holworthy" to call the police, the victim said. Harvard University police arrived within minutes, said the victim, but the assailants had escaped...
...anonymity to notoriety to fame. And how perfectly Almodovar and his films are suited to this chic spotlight. He is a poor country boy made good: he came to Madrid at 17, fronted a rock band, wrote a porno photo-novel, and for a decade worked for the state phone company, where he wrote the scripts for his first two pictures. He had no fear of leaping from phones to films: "When I wanted to become a director, I became a director." And his films have all the exuberance of somebody who wants to tell everything -- every...
...other side to czardom is ready made for him. That task is to be a highly visible and articulate disturber of the complacent and the comfortable. Already Bennett has been on the phone to enlist the like-minded energy of HUD Secretary-designate Jack Kemp, saying, "You've got public housing, the K mart of drugs. Let's clean...
Since this dictionary is an inefficient reference tool, I would suggest reading it straight through--especially if you enjoy reading the phone book but wish it could be a bit more repetitive. Wading through the capitalized cross-references is an exercise in prolonged frustration. Here's a typical entry...