Word: spill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prevent a repeat spill, Danchy took to the streets at 4:45 a.m. for three miles before the streets got slick...
...price rise seems out of the question, barring some blowup in the Middle East. But oilmen cannot afford to rule that out. The big fear is that the stalemated 27-month war between Iran and Iraq might suddenly spill over into a generalized Persian Gulf conflict, enveloping Saudi Arabia and other producers...
...very much taken the campus-politico route--when the bitter truth about Reaganomics became clear. This cynicism, and a powerful sense of betrayal--reflected in the language of treachery ("The Trojan Horse," "opportunism," "Piranhas") with which he described the Reagan initiative to Greider--ultimately made him frustrated enough to spill his guts to Grieder in their Weekly breakfast meetings...
Barbara Melamed of Boston publicized the issue for Greenpeace by rolling in the cozing red gelatin spill hefore clicking cameras, nest to harrels labeled hazardous waste. Nearby, two colleagues in white decontamination suits with gas masks held a sign, asking who should pay for waste clean...
While this purist attitude strains the cast and audience endurance to the limit, it somehow manages not to spill over. With the unfortunate exception of Romeo's sidekicks Benvolio and Mercutio (Kate Levin and Jeannie Affelder), almost everyone -- even the servants saddled with endless forced Elizabethan puns --manage to speak in natural tones. Silver as Juliet stands out particularly in this respect, somehow projecting both the terrified innocence of a thirteen-year old and, gradually, the woman's depth of commitment and tragedy Few Juliet's have matured so convincingly...