Word: quicked
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...biggest cause of the trade imbalance, however, is that the overvaluation of the dollar has made U.S. exports artificially expensive to foreign buyers, and imports artificially cheap to American consumers. Quick example: loggers in the Pacific Northwest figure that the dollar's bloated exchange rate against its Canadian cousin (an American buck was worth $1.36 Canadian last week) gives Canadian lumber exported to the U.S. an automatic 30% price advantage, contributing to a $20 billion deficit in U.S. trade with Canada. With curiously bad timing considering the mood in Washington, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney last week proposed...
Born 57 years ago in the southern Soviet republic of Georgia, Shevardnadze entered the Communist Party at the unusually young age of 20 and began a quick ascent of the local party apparatus. In 1965 he was named Georgian minister for maintenance of public order--head of the republic's police force. In this role he launched a crackdown on the freelance corruption that had plagued the region, although some in the Soviet Union say that he personally benefited from the well-organized kickback schemes, which remained intact. When he became Georgia's Communist Party first secretary...
Losing pitcher Ken Dayley got two quick outs in the 11th before the lean Met rightfielder blasted the south-paw's 1-1 offering off the scoreboard in deepest right-centerfield. Strawberry's towering blow was was his 28th home run of the season...
Thus far, four of the booters' six goals have come as a result of corner kicks. That suggests, for the most part, that Harvard has been unable to coordinate a quick, potent attack capable of moving the ball from its own end into scoring range...
What was once quick, efficient and effective has now become childish, silly and unproductive. And while it once deserved praise, the Law School Ad Board is now to be condemned for its ridiculous attempt to prosecute sympathizers...