Word: sides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kemp Concepts. This speculative security was buffeted by market worries about the value of its supply-side patents...
Monday's frightening plunge in stock prices posed an immediate dilemma for the candidates: what to say and when to say it. Most Democrats erred on the side of caution, preferring not to be seen as gloating over the partisan advantage to be reaped from the economy's distress. The economic crisis seemed a tonic to Michael Dukakis; he projected a confidence rarely seen in the weeks since his campaign was rocked by disclosure of its role in leaking a tape that helped sabotage the candidacy of Joseph Biden. Dukakis' public words were a careful mixture of reassurance and assault...
...Republican side, Robert Dole displayed artful footwork in distancing himself from the Administration, while George Bush thrashed about, entangled in voodoo economics. Highly visible as Senate minority leader, Dole projected the image of a concerned legislator ready to negotiate on the deficit. While skirting talk of a tax increase, Dole deftly tossed darts at the White House, describing himself as a "hands-on person. I don't let anything happen in my office that I don't know about...
...crisp, its definitions are clear and brief (sometimes to the point of spareness), and it offers some features that Webster's lacks, including the dates when words entered the language and pronunciation and etymological guides at the foot of its pages. Above all, it is up to date. Placed side by side with its progenitor, RHD-I, it provides the best opportunity in a generation to survey the state of the lingo and to chart its recent changes...
...sound and fury, the attack on Rostam was mostly symbolic. Neither side suffered any casualties, and loss of the platforms will not have much effect on the Iranians' ability to interfere with gulf ship traffic. U.S. hard-liners and Kuwaiti officials were dismayed, in fact, that the blow had been so soft. Some analysts saw no alternative in the long run to taking out the Silkworms, whatever the dangers and logistical difficulties. "You either have to destroy the missile sites or give up the notion of protecting the ships," said Edward Luttwak, a Washington-based military analyst...