Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Dunlop supports a number of Reagan's economic policies, such as tax reductions to increase business incentives, deregulation, and hikes in defense spending, he is quick to point out the internal contradictions of reducing taxes and raising interest rates. In general, he expressed ambivalence about the President's rosy economic forecasts, saying. "The economy will recover but to what extent...
...city's chief watchdog at a new hotel complex under construction downtown. One January day, the inspector reported to superiors that he had spent seven hours tramping around a dozen building sites, but the Star's investigators found that instead he had made just two quick official stops. The rest of the day he had hung out with fellow inspectors at a restaurant, shopped, and early in the afternoon, well before quitting time, gone home...
...orbit since Jan. 25, the satellite became operational last week when, on command from the British tracking station, the telescope's cover was successfully exploded away. Two quick test scans produced such a flood of data that cheering broke out in the Chilton control room. Said Caltech's Gerry Neugebauer, IRAS' co-chief scientist: "Everything is going even better than we thought it would...
...people they so admiringly study must be reciprocated as soon as the star gets to know them. They are always amazed, and dangerously affronted, when all the psychic energy they have invested in their passion is rewarded not by a long-lost brother's embrace but by a quick call for the security guards. Beyond that, in these fans the impulse to idolize is often transformed into a need to emulate, literally to stand in the famous person's Guccis, even if that means ripping him right out of them...
...danceable, and the spirit is fun; the combination of some devastatingly arch lyrics and beautiful instrumentials recommends itself as music for repeated listening. Studying to its insistently noticeable backdrop is less likely Red All Over has some interesting questions to ask, and its purpose is not to disappoint with quick, cute answers...