Word: rest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan's tax cuts, the rich were able to fill their garages with Porsches. Meanwhile, the poor were watching their streets become battle grounds, drug lord squaring off against drug lord. While the average person in the top two quintiles of income got wealthier during the Reagan era, the rest of the country got poorer...
...politically risky step of formally pardoning him. Late last week Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell indicated that he wanted a Senate committee review of Walsh's decision. Already the judge has postponed the planned Jan. 31 start of the trial in the wake of these new developments. If the rest of Walsh's case collapses, the most embarrassing scandal of Reagan's presidency will end as it began -- in confusion and controversy...
...These quarters are commonly without heat and plumbing, and in some cases are in such disrepair that the term shelter is misapplied. But worse than the deficient housing, Fuller laments, is the world's indifference to it. "People of goodwill, especially people of faith, should find it hard to rest in peace," he admonishes...
...many ways, Hirohito perfectly reflected his country's fascination with the West. When Hirohito embarked on a six-month tour of Europe in 1921, he became the first member of the Japanese royal family to set foot outside his homeland. For the rest of his life, the Emperor treasured the Paris subway ticket that was his first purchase and a reminder of his first glimpse of freedom. He also took home a taste for Western food and clothes that he never lost. In 1975, 54 years after he expressed a determination to visit the U.S., Hirohito finally realized his dream...
...perils of middle and old age. Celebrations of the New World portrays a Fourth of July family gathering in Philadelphia, the first full-scale meeting of the narrator's relatives and those of his wife. The scene is crowded and confusing at first, but the focus eventually comes to rest on the father-in-law, Bernie Alazar, who is experiencing the progressive deterioration of Alzheimer's disease. Nothing can save Bernie in the long run, but this story, the best in the book, provides moments of touching recognition and redemption. Shacochis inserts, with no visible effort, an extraordinary amount...