Word: spate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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King's legislative liaison said yesterday that the governor will push a spate of proposals which he has introduced to toughen the Commonwealth's criminal codes. The main priority will be to pass legislation implementing the death penalty. State voters last Tuesday approved by an overwhelming majority a referendum making capital punishment constitutional in Massachusetts...
...main concern was a spate of incidents involving candy that had been tampered with. In the Long Island suburbs of New York City, two women discovered straight pins in Candy Corn and Baby Ruth bars. Another straight pin turned up in a KitKat bar in Norwalk, Conn., and a sewing needle in a candy bar in Pensacola, Fla. In Chicago, three children became ill after eating KitKat bars...
...those with some background and understanding of the Middle East, I hope you attend armed with a critical eat and a spate of good questions. For those planning to go in order to find controversy, I expect you may be disappointed, for all the speakers support the same solution. For those planning to go in order to further or expand or deepen you understanding of the Middle East, don't waste your time. Laura B. Wharton...
...federally banned carcinogen diethylstilbestrol (DES), to add heft to their animals. High consumption of such chemicals has been known to cause premature thelarche, and, say the doctors, when patients are withdrawn from the suspect foods, nearly all recover within six to eight months. The charges have triggered a spate of Government investigations, a volley of denials by the meat and milk industries and public panic that led to a temporary 30% drop in chicken sales and a 5.5% decline in the island's consumption of milk...
Along with the rapid proliferation of factory outlets has come a spate of briskly selling guidebooks. These are designed to help budget-minded families and singles find the best bargains in their part of the country. In Maine, the government publicity bureau has, since spring, printed 10,000 copies of a guide to factory outlets in 50 cities and towns. "Traditional retailers have not positioned themselves in today's market, and they no longer know who their customers are," says Annie Moldafsky, an Illinois-based author of the Good Buy book, a consumer guide to factory outlets. "The manufacturers...