Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...promise, and the peril, of telephone bypass is typical of the new era in telecommunications. The Bell System, in the end, was done in by the rush of technology. The system's structure could not contain or protect itself against better and cheaper ways of allowing people to reach out and touch someone. Boundaries crumbled between voice and data transmission, between domestic and international calling points, between telex, submarine cable and satellite. What counted was communication between parties, sometimes machines, no matter how or where...
...pates and terrines (the terms here are used almost interchangeably) are too filling, too important to serve as a first course. And she effectively demolishes the myths that they are fattening, costly and difficult to make. Pâtés have another great virtue in the age of rush: they must be completely prepared in advance, eliminating last-minute booboos, and actually improve with a few days' aging. "A pate," according to Cutler, "is nothing more than a French meat loaf that's had a couple of cocktails...
...Reagan's rush to invade Grenada was designed to divert attention from his disaster in Lebanon. "We need a win," said Reagan's advisors, so the Yankee shark swallowed the Caribbean sardine, a ploy to whip the population into line behind the red hot Cold War. Meanwhile, Reagan vows that those responsible for the Beirut bombing "will pay." This means more U.S. troops to Lebanon to serve as Israel's cat's pew and shore up the rule of the Phalangist gangsters. The SYL's call for "Marines out of Lebanon now and alive!" evokes the wide-spread anti-government...
...Quaker offensive line collapsed after halftime, providing neither Crocicchia nor starter John McGeehan with much protection from the ever-stronger Crimson pass rush. Defensive end Mark Mead and linebacker Andy Nolan teamed up for a 10-yard sack early in the third period, and Mead stuck McGeehan with a 13-yard loss later, leaving Penn on its own three-yard link on fourth down. On the ensuing play, John Dailey blocked the Quaker punt out the back of the end zone for a safety...
Financial institutions rush to provide home services