Word: shook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...criticism as unwarranted and unfair. But last week, as Reagan escorted Begin toward his seat for the first White House meeting, Begin dramatically broke away. "Mr. Prime Minister," Reagan called out, "your seat is over here." Begin strode up to a startled Weinberger, thrust out his hand and shook Weinberger's warmly in an implicit apology. Throughout the talks, the Israeli air strikes were never mentioned. Explained Secretary of State Alexander Haig: "We viewed these as circumstances that are behind...
...economically. He worries about stockpiling mountains of weapons for a surprise nuclear salvo that is the least likely of conflicts. Meanwhile, the nation might be left unprepared for small, sharp fights that could paralyze us by cutting off oil or scarce minerals. Taylor notes that OPEC price increases shook the foundation of NATO and diminished American power as much as some Soviet military improvements...
...spite of these setbacks, the Soviet planners seem determined to furnish the people with enough bread and to prevent the mass slaughter of livestock for lack of feed grains. President Leonid Brezhnev is unwilling to risk a repetition of the demonstrations over food shortages that shook Nikita Khrushchev in 1962, when Russian workers painted USE KHRUSHCHEV FOR SAUSAGE MEAT on factory walls. To avoid reducing supplies to minimal levels, the Soviet leaders are expected to spend precious dollars and other hard currency on importing about 40 million metric tons of grain this year...
...Development of the String Quartet," and Foreign Cultures 24, "Turn-of-the-Century Austrian Culture. Some are very broad, like Science B-16, "History of the World and of Life," and Social Analysis 16, "War." The main effect of the Core, many students say, is that it shook up the Faculty and forced them to create some new courses; nothing wrong with that, but nothing earth-shaking either...
...sure? Do I know your name?' I shook my head. I-I'm not in the m-movies. I'm n-nobody j-just like you.' Still clinging to the coach, she turned around and shouted to the crowd pressing forward behind her. 'He says he's nobody!' Her voice rose. 'Just like us!' That was as close as I ever came to egalitarianism in Father's dream machine...