Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last sound she ever heard was a slight whoosh of air as a lead pipe descended on the back of her skull...
...national pasttime, pedestrian as it might sound, has been such an integral part of the American scene for over 100 years that it is possible to make some social history of it. Jules Tygiel, in his recent perceptive biography of Jackie Robinson, did just that, using the life of the man who broke baseball's color barrier as a rough metaphor for the desegregation of America. Tygiel's effort wasn't pretentious, because it was grounded in a proper respect for and devotion to the game irrespective of its broader relevance; but, in reaching higher, it offered a broader statement...
...added, "I'm of the opinion that the Americans know about my country many times less what we in my country know about the U.S." He said Americans were more interested in themselves than in their neighbors, let alone foreigners. The audience did not make a sound...
...ability of the U.S. to bring about?certainly by military pressure alone. Dreams of overthrowing the Sandinistas by force fail every test of a sound policy...
...which has a purchaser must own at least 51% of the team a stock, watched silently s a consortium of local businessmen bought the team, $70 million is a lot of money, considering that one could have purchased a team for $100 during the '30s, but it is a sound investment--the NFL's TV package alone brings each team $15 million a year...