Word: soaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bombs, or artillery shells--under the supervision of a special international commission. Each side would naturally turn in its most vulnerable weapons, retaining its best deterrent. After a few trial runs with tiny numbers of the uniquely identifiable commodities, larger amounts could be turned in and dismantled. Confidence would soar, and the process could continue on a regular schedule until each side had only a small number of devices in a strategic reserve...
...language that a description of a neighborhood, Nye urges: "Let the names be verses in a city that sings." The exuberance, unfortunately, has the sterile air of a failed experiment-the result of pushing a clever idea to the end of its rope instead of letting the idea soar where it will on its own emotional force...
...because of that flow in More's portrayal--a missing synthesis of all More's characteristics and abilities--the play does not soar as it could. The costumes are gorgeous, the set is appropriately simple, the lighting creates interesting shadows and tableaus. And most of the acting in there too. But the total product misses that one desirable quality which would enliven the entire performance...
...year. Those figures indicate that the same number of women will have abortions whether they are legal or not. Just as the abortion rate did not increase when they were legalized, it will not wane if they are outlawed But the number of abortion related injuries and deaths will soar. The year after the Supreme Court's decision, such fatalities dropped by 40 percent...
...rising deficit bumps up against the borrowing demands of businesses and individuals, "the downward trend of interest rates will probably reverse before midyear, and in the second half, long-term rates will once again threaten their peaks of 1981." Worse, there are widespread fears that the actual deficit will soar beyond Reagan's projections of $98.6 billion this fiscal year and $91.5 billion in fiscal 1983. Alice Rivlin, Congressional Budget Office director, last week revealed grim...