Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once tolled by hand, the 50-year-old, 5000-pound bell is now run mechanically under the control of a clock-like computer...
...saying that we are talking about the survival of democracy in Lebanon. We are fighting for values, values we have in common with the West. This is what the Syrians want to destroy. Despite what they have stolen from Lebanon, destroyed in Lebanon, siphoned off from Lebanon, the Lebanese pound is still stronger than the Syrian pound, and they can't stand it. Let me tell you, others may try to eat Lebanon, but they will never be able to digest it. You can't govern Lebanon as a dictator. It just won't work...
...Easter Bunny at the White House egg roll? Was she a Munchkin? If so, did that mean the President was the Wizard of Oz? Was his daughter, who was brought into the fray, in any way like a 600-pound gorilla? And where was Ursula Meese? Such was the level of debate last week over the Administration's approach to ending discrimination against women...
...work part-time at the Republican National Committee. Her job: to encourage more Republican feminists to become involved in party politics. But some White House aides fear that she will be a renegade advocate who will stir up even more trouble within the Administration. "She is a 600-pound gorilla," said a top Reagan adviser bluntly. "She can intimidate anybody. She'll go right...
...effects of the recession. With inflation down, Thatcher is expected to take more risks to protect the recovery. To improve British competitiveness in world markets, Brittan expected the government to encourage a fall in interest rates, as it did last week, in order to slow the rise of the pound on currency markets. Brittan said that a prolonged recovery will above all depend on keeping wage increases under control during the next few months...