Word: ranging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chicago (eight miles from the Loop, vs. 22 miles for competing O'Hare) with a pair of sexy, ruby red lips and the slogan "Kiss O'Hare Goodbye. Jet Midway Airlines." Many travelers did just that. In its first seven months. Midway flew 190,000 passengers and rang up $7.3 million in revenues...
There I was lounging by my pool, sipping a pina colada and wondering how to apply Lincoln's statement, "All men are equal under the sun" so that even the area between my toes would tan properly, when the phone rang. Lazily, I reaced for my conveniently located Princess Anne phone and said in my best suburban voice, "Nell Scovell--girl reporter...
...rain poured down on observers two years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn used the Commencement podium to launch a biting diatribe at the West's value structure. The voice of the interpreter blended with the Nobel Prize winner's producing a grating effect and making listening difficult. But his words rang out far beyond the confines of the Tercentenary theater; a rebuttal from Rosalynn Carter and mixed public and press reaction were not long in coming...
...once did his diplomatic presence fail him totally. During a lengthy speech on Austrian history at the festivities in Vienna, Muskie fell asleep in his very prominent front-row seat. Lord Carrington tried to wake him with a jab of his elbow, but finally gave up. Not until applause rang out did the Secretary of State's head snap up and his body straighten. Muskie did not seem particularly embarrassed. In his first diplomatic venture, he had demonstrated that when necessary he can be alert indeed...
...figured out," said Feathlerless, in a voice that rang with self-approval...