Word: rip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down at the book jacket and saw that doughty, frumpy Mr. Rooney, surrounded by that cluttered old office of his, looking back up at me with a quizzical half-smile that seemed to say "Hello, friend, let's talk about paper clips. And what about pencil erasers? Mine always rip the paper. Do yours...
Critics say that these prebilling conditions are no more than a way to put the risks of building the pipeline on the shoulders of consumers. Said House Democrat Harold Volkmer of Missouri: "This is one big rip...
...King Saud once told a visiting group of Palestinian journalists that "the Arabs must be ready to sacrifice a million lives to regain the sacred soil of Palestine." It was rhetoric, a flourish; Arabs hearing it would no more take it literally than would an American football crowd hearing "Rip 'em Up, tear 'em up." But the words made headlines all over the world as a statement of bloody Saudi intent...
...heavy snow came unexpectedly early: a hot-air melting system was not yet in full operation. The fabric big top sagged under the weight of the slush, then tore, and finally drooped to within 60 ft. of the field. It took four days to repair the 30-ft. rip...
Inevitably, the popularity of Rubik's Cube has encouraged rip-offs as well as spinoffs. Counterfeit versions are available on street corners in some American cities for far less than the normal $5 to $10 price. Ideal Toy Corp., which holds the U.S. distribution rights of Rubik's brainteaser, has sued more than 20 American companies for importing fake cubes from such places as Taiwan and Hong Kong...