Word: squealed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is no lack of issues, or of partisans. Since it was put forward for public comment eleven months ago, the regulation has sparked 120,000 responses, including objections from agencies of all 38 states that aired their views. Opponents branded it the "squeal rule." The Reagan Administration did not flinch. "We've built a Berlin Wall between the kid and the parents," insisted Secretary of Health and Human Services Richard Schweiker. The new rule, he added, is "a reasonable balance" between the need to offer such services and the need not to undermine the role of parents...
...pair when it comes to appearances. Short and stout, with balding, frizzy hair that reveals a large melon of a forehead, he sits in marked contrast to Andre--tall, angular, and handsome. Like a baby squeezing a bathtub toy, Andre can play on Wally, eliciting a sputtering high-pitched squeal...
...They're all paranoid and turning on each other," says Deputy Warden Lloyd Mixdorf. Warns Classifications Officer John Byers: "It's a madhouse. Everyone's thinking of either squealing or of who will squeal." Contends a state prison monitor, Daniel Cron: "The atmosphere is explosive. The prison is not under control...
...With a pig's eyes that never look up, with a pig's snout that loves muck, with a pig's brain that knows only the sty, and a pig's squeal that cries only when he is hurt, he sometimes opens his pig's mouth, tusked and ugly, and lets out the voice of God, railing at the whitewash that covers the manure about his habitat...
...ultimate in racing realism comes from Tyco, which has put together a traditional slot car racing set with a twist--Supersound. Cars rev their motors, the starter's gun sounds, engines roar, tires squeal, and should there be a mishap, should the autos "skid and fly off the track," then there are the sounds of a real "CRRAAASH...