Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...phrase was used in an oft-quoted New York Daily News headline after President Gerald Ford in 1975 said he would veto federal funds to help New York City avoid bankruptcy. The headline: FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD...
...phrase in the agreement" or the equivalent is meaningless."Richard Russell, a tenant spokesman said. "There is no equivalent-theprovisions are specific to Harvard...
...Charged that "the decade of so-called détente"-a phrase that must have distressed some American allies in Western Europe-"witnessed the most massive Soviet buildup of military power in history...
Perhaps the frankest moment of the Pope's visit came during his sermon at Luján, when John Paul declared that he had come to Argentina "as the pilgrim of difficult moments." It was an apt phrase, well-earned during his. trip to Britain and doubly so in Argentina. There was no time-and no maneuvering room-for the diplomatic niceties that helped to give his British trip a less political flavor. While he could and did avoid a visit with Prime Minister Thatcher, who serves as head of government only, he could not make the same distinction...
...original production of Jesus Christ Superstar, performed an acrobatic dance routine in Seesaw, and was sawed in half by The Magic Show's Doug Henning, then stuffed into a cage with a 200-lb. cougar. In the current Broadway hit Nine, Morris gives new meaning to the phrase physical-fitness buff. In one number, A Call from the Vatican, she does a feline, erotic exercise for which she is so barely dressed in such sheer black that she has worn through three costumes in six weeks. Her performance was to have been part of Sunday night's Tony...