Word: spun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most obvious example is the Soviet Union's conduct of its all-important relationship with the U.S., especially in nuclear-arms control. Gromyko had a penchant for saying nyet to American proposals. The new crowd has mastered the politics of da. Gorbachev has spun out a dizzying array of initiatives, and he has agreed to U.S. proposals that Western negotiators thought the Soviets would never accept...
Spurred by the weak dollar, foreign companies have become some of the most aggressive acquisitors. After Campeau took over Allied in 1986, he spun off some of its divisions to other foreign firms. Australia's Hooker Corp. bought Bonwit Teller from Allied, and Britain's Marks & Spencer agreed to buy Brooks Brothers...
...when the airlines began to offer "triple mileage" -- three miles' credit for every mile flown. Suddenly flyers could look forward to earning that dream vacation to Hawaii in one-third the time. Forced to match one another to stay competitive, the airlines fret that the frequent-flyer programs have spun out of control. The number of passengers participating has surged from 4 million in 1983 to 8 million now. They hold nearly 30 million memberships in frequent-flyer plans, since many passengers sign with more than one airline...
...ECAC world--that hockey orb over which Harvard rules--has spun wildly out of control. Since the Crimson's three-week layoff for exams (and its annual excursion into the Lost Kingdom, know as the Bean--looked like they were hit over the head with a--pot), Harvard's league rivals have been battering each other. A few teams have been getting the better of the battering...
...want Holmes to win, except when he fought Ali." So even afterward, Tyson was landing one- twos. In the prefight keynote, one last time, the vague old champ Muhammad Ali was paraded in front of the unfortunate man whom history had designated to follow him. Later, as Holmes spun drunkenly about the ring, Ali's former corner physician Ferdie Pacheco murmured, "Those are the knockdowns that make you walk funny when you're 40." Once he could think again, Holmes said, "As we all go along, someone eventually gets us, and they got me tonight." Already the thriftiest fighter...