Word: result
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Perry caught a pass from quarterback Rod MacLeod, Collins laid a beautiful block on a Columbia back to make way for Perry. Net result: a 43-yard gain...
...system. Three years ago, while preparing to sell TV rights to the Games, South Korean Olympic officials realized that the rights would be worth more if the country's clocks were moved forward one hour -- thus enabling more daytime events to be seen in prime time in the U.S. Result: last year, for the first time since the 1960s, South Korea instituted daylight saving time...
...encroachment of monarchical norms on democratic values: they kept their monarchs and stripped them of power. That way the wish for some kind of symbolic family is satisfied, while the politicians run the democracy. In the U.S., on the other hand, monarchical and presidential roles have been fused. The result is the absurd institution of the First Family, an ersatz royal family decked out in republican garb and capital letters...
Whatever the outcome, some of the Games' most glorious moments will occur high above the water. During their training, which often begins at age ten, Chinese divers spend as much time practicing acrobatics in the gymnasium as they do dives into the pool. The result will be an aerial aria in Seoul...
...dialogues, along with their capability of running up bills as high as $6,000, has inspired parents to protest the porn and party lines. Phone companies will usually forgive one month's charges if a customer claims the calls were placed by a child. As a result of these givebacks, some of the upstart phone services are facing uncollectible bills amounting to as much as 30% of their total revenue...