Word: roughed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Graham predicted last night that the legislative battle would be "a little rough." But she said the bill carries sufficient incentives to win over developers. The proposal carries tax credits to attract business support, and she said developers should have no reason to oppose day care...
After going hitless in four at-bats against Boston ace Roger Clemens, Alan Trammell gave Lee Smith a rough welcome to the American League...
Arizona: Who-wee, partner, we're the Arizona Wildcats and we just blew through our first two opponents (Seton Hall and Cornell). We're some big hombres, some rough and tough outlaws...
That spirit found a new expression in the late 1970s when the cocaine business came to town. The coca plant, from which the substance is derived, grows best not in Colombia but in Bolivia and Peru, where the leaves are made into a rough paste. But turning the paste into the white powder that foreigners consume in such prodigious quantities requires laboratory facilities and technical skills. Medellin had them, as well as convenient proximity to the huge U.S. market and a work force willing to take risks. "There has always been an entrepreneurial spirit in this city," says Jaramillo. "These...
When the music is played by a homogenized modern orchestra, its raw power is sanded away along with its rough edges. Hearing it is like watching a colorized film: the superficial enhancement is more than offset by the loss of nuance and detail. But on early instruments, the flutes purr, the oboes squawk, the brass barks, and the strings alternately cajole and bite. "This is not a pureed, strained cup of tea that you might drink in the back of a limousine," says Norrington. "This is a bracing beverage quaffed in a well- sprung vehicle...