Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lone dissenter was Justice Antonin Scalia, who took the unusual step of summarizing his dissent aloud. In a lengthy argument that contained an acid reference to "our former constitutional system," he suggested that even the slightest diminution of Executive power by Congress is unconstitutional. If the Executive Branch cannot be trusted to investigate itself, he asserted, the voters and not Congress should remedy the situation...
...hobbyists, danger is part of the scenario. "You step back into Jack London's time," says Hopkins, who first hopped a freight during his student acting days to attend his grandfather's 90th birthday. "Each trip has edginess, adventure and beauty." Hopkins and his companions are headed for Yuma, Ariz., a wintertime hobo haven along the Colorado River. Since the bull had promised 30 days in jail and a $2,000 fine if further annoyed, everyone hid, returning well after midnight to catch the train. They succeeded, but with difficulty. Comfortable boxcars are giving way to sealed containerized loads...
...salsa songs that combine the heady call-and- response of African music with the electronic surge of rock 'n' roll and the glitzy brass of a Big Band. The dancers move to the beat like a snake to the charmer's call: the hotter the tune, the cooler the step as the men expertly guide the women through the twists and curves of the mambo, the cha- cha-cha, the merengue and the rumba...
...questionable. "I don't see Latin music ever being mainstream," says Frank Flores, general manager of the Latino station WJIT in New York City. "Our influence will seep into the mainstream, but it's still going to be Spanish music." Some Latin musicians are worried that every step toward Anglo society is a step away from their culture's roots; one player's progressivism is another's sellout. "The Latin market is our bread and butter, and we can't ignore them," says Raul Alfonso of Hansel y Raul, a straight-ahead salsa band that is trying to broaden...
...what a candidate, particularly a Democrat, least wanted to do in an election year: raise taxes. After two months of dodging Massachusetts' now $400 million deficit, Michael Dukakis took a step that will allow the G.O.P. to hound him unmercifully: he signed a 5% sales tax on cigarettes, worth $40 million next year, and supported a measure to raise $75 million by aligning the state tax code with federal...