Word: set
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long-playing saga of the declining dollar has demonstrated -that a weakening currency fosters a vicious circle. The dollar's decline not only causes more inflation in the U.S. but also gives OPEC an excuse to push petroleum costs still higher, because oil prices are set in dollars. As the latest run on the dollar continued to lose momentum, officials in Bonn and Washington recalled that in the battle of the buck the next round of speculation has always come more quickly and been more ferocious than the last...
Fang Yi and his colleagues have set difficult goals for a country that still relies heavily on human sweat. In the cities, women sweep the streets with brooms they make out of straw. In the countryside, road crews work with pick and shovel; when steamrollers are available, they are usually fuming, coal-burning monsters. Despite the vaunted Chinese emphasis on the dignity of the masses, produce is still conveyed by pedal-powered carts carrying burdens several times heavier than their human engines...
...drive stalled again at the 25, but Tanner found tight end Brad Decker wide open at the 5 to set up a first and goal. When Bob Muha went over from the 1 two plays later, Cornell led 20-0 and was on its way to a romp...
...Olivier in any of his recent roles, desperately mugging and overacting to compensate for the script--and maybe a little resentful, a little angry with himself for getting involved in all this. Actually, it's a lot like watching Olivier host Saturday Night Live. Worse, Borowitz and his court set to cutting scenes for length (still leaving a two hour leviathan, without intermission) they cut a few of Clemenson's funnier sketches, including an exuberant parody of Harry Reasoner. The show suffers...
Lebow doesn't bother to find a profoundly all-inclusive theory for his role; he brings a versatile, booming voice, a carefully controlled set of mannerisms, and a simple human magnetism to the stage, and struggles to maintain them in the face of Cain's slings and arrows. His personal triumph stands far above the "general woe" of the rest of the production...