Word: raymonds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Michael S. Dukakis, up for reelection to a third term in '86, has perceptibly moved to the center, proposing a tax cut and making overtures to the business community. No one expects any of the possible Republican challengers--led by two-time senatorial loser Raymond Shamie and White House official Andrew H. Card--will topple the Duke...
...disinterested speculation, witty discourses, elegant, sophisticated and gratuitous discussion." Like argon, the Piedmont Jews behaved eccentrically, never combining with other elements. They spoke the rough Piedmontese dialect inlaid with Hebrew --"sacred and solemn, geologic, polished smooth by the millennia like the bed of a glacier." As deftly translated by Raymond Rosenthal, the oddities of speech are a delight. So is the "inexplicable imprecation" for which Levi's great-grandfather was famous: "May he have an accident shaped like an umbrella...
...prospective owners may fairly be warned to line up a repair shop that knows how to do more than change a battery or install a new quartz movement. "Sometimes it's difficult to find the parts for the old watches," says Tony Di Leonardo of Manhattan's highly regarded Raymond C. Falt watch company. "But the most trouble I see is from watches that have been handled by non- professionals. Some watchmakers may do more damage than the customer...
...hard to imagine a player today saying "golly," unless he said something like, "golly, I really think I'm worth 1.5 million a year," or, "golly, forget the team, I just hope I play well." Strange stories of great players with phenomenal names like Addie Joss. Willie Keeler, Bugs Raymond, Chick Golloway--names that sound like baseball players' names--are told with great enthusiasm, and recall a bygone, homegrown age when sore arms were treated with a mixture of vaseline and tobacco sauce...
...Raymond L. White, senior safety engineer, says most accidents involve automobile cutting off cyclists at corners, opening door in front of them, or hitting a cyclist suddenly emerging from an unexpected place, such as a one-way street or a red light...