Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...couples who have struggled for years to have a child, the phrase "you are pregnant" is magical. "We thought we would never hear those words," sighs Risa Green, 35, of Framingham, Mass., now the mother of a month-old boy. But even if the news is good, the tension continues. One-third of IVF pregnancies spontaneously miscarry in the first three months, a perplexing problem that is currently under investigation. Says one veteran of Steptoe's program: "Every week you call for test results to see if the embryo is still there. Then you wait to see if your period...
...meter freestyle relay. In the women's 100-meter freestyle, both Kristin Otto and Birgit Meineke of East Germany beat the winning time of Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseifer of the U.S., who tied for the gold medal. "Luchshe chem Los Angeles" (Better than Los Angeles) was the phrase used over and over by the Moscow announcers...
...phrase was heard less often when it came to the men's events. In the 24 track-and-field events, the Soviet-bloc men outdid their hypothetical Olympic rivals in nine. Power, not speed, was their forte. In the brawny field events-hammer, javelin, discus and shotput-three Soviet athletes and one East German exceeded the winning distances in Los Angeles. In the pole vault, the high-flying Konstantin Volkov of the the U.S.S.R. cleared 19 ft. ¼in., two inches higher than the winning Olympic vault. Five world records were achieved in the pool. "The water is fast...
Your cover phrase "The Population Curse" is insensitive and callous. People should never be viewed as a curse...
...continue his initial "Big Mo" in the 1980 Republican primaries. Until he found a niche as an industrious cheerleader for Reagan's views, Bush's own ideological stance was never quite clear to voters. Even after four years of unwavering fealty, the man whose most memorable phrase was correctly calling Reagan's 1980 budget-balancing promises "voodoo economics" has only partially mollified his party's right wing...