Word: slews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does one capitalize of such an unexpected success? Mark Twain followed Tom Sawver with a slew of spin-offs, some, like Huckleberry Finn, classics in their own right: others, like Tom Sawyer, Detective, obvious efforts to keep the Clemens' larder well-stocked at a minimum of effort...
...worst indictment of Dartmouth in the book. But more importantly, there goes Ben Hart again, trying to claim art and Babe Ruth for the Republicans. The dispiritedness and aimlessness of liberals today feeds this sort of foolishness. Liberals themselves made similar claims in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson and a slew of liberal Congressmen seemed to sweep Republicans into eternal oblivion. The Republicans came back swinging...
This year, the hopes are even higher. That's because the Crimson lost to graduation an average of just 12 points per game, while picking up a slew of freshmen many consider the finest in years...
...Budget Director has proposed reductions in Medicare, Medicaid, farm subsidies veterans' benefits, civil service retirement programs and grants to states and localities for such purposes as education and urban development. A slew of programs and agencies-some of debatable value, some of remarkable worth-would be consigned to oblivion: the Job Corps, the Small Business Administration, the Export-Import Bank, subsidies to Amtrak. Also, the Reaganauts are considering a genuine freeze on cost of living increases in many benefit programs other than Social Security...
Riding a 48-25 lead with just over 12 minutes left in the contest, Harvard committed a slew of turnovers, let a couple of Wildcats get by to the basket, and three minutes later held a 52-38 lead that just kept on shrinking...