Word: solids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...altitudes. But the U.S. is on the verge of developing a far superior system. As for the Star Wars idea of using ASAT technology as part of a ballistic-missile defense that would attempt to intercept enemy missiles before they can deliver their nuclear payloads, the U.S. has a solid lead in the infrared guidance that would be used...
...their favor. No doubt about it: the Jacksons' tour is a real show-business extravaganza, a four-star eye-glazer and ear-bender replete with laser effects, magic tricks, assorted marvelous machines, sundry intermittent detonations, a finale full of fireworks... and, oh yes, a healthy portion of good solid funk. Soul Train meets Star Wars on the outskirts of Las Vegas. A lot of-quite literal-bang for the buck...
...others assembled. If it is to be found anywhere, the magic is in the music. The opening concert was a reminder of that. All its panoply and pizazz suggested that the debates, the controversy, the heat and the misunderstandings were side issues that could be blown away by solid showmanship, no matter the price of the ticket...
...fact, this is one of the most powerful and subtle tools Piercy uses to shape her heroine, who otherwise would be a very ordinary woman. But Daria's constant need for things to be in their place, for details to be correct and manageable and solid, betray her very fragile sense of self, her modernist need to be in control of the little things. In its better moments, this characterization is reminiscent of Mrs. Dalloway in its emphasis on the details that no one else would need to notice, that seem to take on mythic proportions in such an acutely...
...have a solid recovery that is going forward without a renewal of inflation," said the President, setting the theme for his campaign oratory. The White House will mention the deficit only when it cannot avoid doing so, then claim somewhat dubious credit for getting a start on controlling it and pledge "to reduce the deficit even more in 1985," as White House Spokesman Larry Speakes puts it. The President evidently feels no embarrassment about agreeing to, and even urging, a second round of tax changes (the first round came two years ago) that take back some of the reductions enacted...