Word: showers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Reserve is in a much better position to ward off a recession than it was in 1980. At that time, inflation was 12%, and Volcker had little choice but to give the economy a cold shower. This year price rises have been so modest that Treasury Secretary Donald Regan has taken to asking in the manner of Clara ("Where's the beef?") Peller, "Where's the inflation?" Since January the consumer price index has risen at an annual rate of 4.5%. Producer prices, which often foreshadow trends in consumer costs, have gone up at a mild...
...Often, shower to stall to sink discussions took place. "It was either in the bathroom, on the bus [to the science building], or at meals," and they chose to discuss other topics during these scarce moments of relaxation, said DiAntonio...
...like a cool shower after the heat of the marathon." That is how Comedian-Actress Whoopi Goldberg, 34, describes her Cinderella-like transformation from obscure performance artist to star of her own one-woman Broadway show. Like the drug addicts, Valley Girls, cripples and others she portrays, Goldberg is no stranger to life's vicissitudes. "I am my show," she explains. "The characters I play on the stage have been on a long trek of self-discovery." A native New Yorker, she performed in small theaters on both coasts before being Great-White-Wayed by Mike Nichols, who oversaw...
...ours tend to look like Abbott and Costello movies, a cross between bacchanals and pajama parties. Where is the dignity in a presidential election campaign? Where are the issues of substance? Let us consider the matter with deep seriousness as the red, white and blue balloons shower down on our funny hats and a tuba ooms in our ears. More noise, please. (Is this your baby, madam? Extraordinary. Of course, I'll kiss...
...raining," said Sandberg. "I felt like I was in Chicago. I came in out of the shower and found...