Word: steals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moscow." To the surprise of Americans, the Soviets' well-deserved reputation for a plodding, low-tech, assembly-line approach to space exploration has paid off. Says James Beggs, former NASA administrator: "There's been a habit in this country of thinking of the Soviets as stupid and that they steal all their technology. That's just...
...were one measly strike away from winning the World Series. One strike. At an early game this year, the Fenway Park crowd chose instead to remember the play-offs, in particular the fifth game in which centerfielder Dave Henderson hit a two-strike, two-out home run to steal the series from the California Angels. The bleachers rocked with chants of "Game Number 5!" until Henderson smiled and doffed...
...Osborne's number-one ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers have just pulled to within a point of the Miami Hurricanes, 31-30, with less than a minute remaining. A tie would preserve the Huskers' unbeaten record for the season. Number-two ranked Auburn, however, might get enough votes to steal away the national title due to its unbeaten record...
...revelations of the last two weeks and his weak responses to them indicate that Biden has no character. As Gertrude Stein said of Oakland, "there's no there there." That's why when he goes on automatic he is forced to make things up or steal them from others. Have there been no formative events in his life of which to speak? Nothing inside which he can fall back on? I bet Biden doesn't even realize that when Kinnock spoke of his ancestors playing football after a long day's work, he was talking about soccer...
...past two years against such major foreign currencies as the Japanese yen, the West German mark and the British pound. The result is that while prices of real estate and commercial properties may seem high to most Americans, everything with a dollar-denominated price tag looks like a tremendous steal to holders of other, stronger currencies...