Word: skyward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then, an astonishing apparition: the glass capsule abruptly whooshed the Reagans-still waving-skyward, as if it were speeding them back up into the clouds, back into the fleecy, mythic realm from which they had come. A hallucination out of Erich Von Daniken: Elevators of the Gods...
...concern, last year showed an operating loss of $4 million, reflecting a worldwide shipping slump. One of Ardito Barletta's first unpleasant chores will be a round of belt tightening prescribed by the International Monetary Fund. The measures include a removal of food subsidies, which will send prices skyward and may provoke further street disturbances...
...listeners interrupted his 24-min. speech 54 times with applause, and when Reagan shrugged, "Well, I've got to go now," they shouted, "No! No! No!" Reagan waved genially. A thousand balloons floated skyward. The crowd chanted, "Four more years! Four more years...
...state is literally on fire," said Montana's Governor Ted Schwinden, who had only to look out the window of his office in Helena to see thick gray smoke billowing skyward last week from the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area, 20 miles from the state capital. Touched off by lightning strikes and whipped by winds that at tunes exceeded 50 m.p.h., flames devoured more than 220,000 acres of unusually dry timber and range lands, creating what is considered the worst conflagration in Montana since 1967. Some 5,000 fire fighters, including many from neighboring states, battled throughout...
Nice performance: Robert Preston as a sort of intergalactic Music Man who markets the games here below and lures earthlings skyward to battle for righteousness. After almost a half-century, Preston's energy and infectious pleasure in performance remain delightful...