Word: stick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life in West Germany, most Gastarbeiter dread leaving because of the poor economic conditions in their home countries. Advertising for brides is one sign of their determination to remain. Conceded a Greek Putzfrau (charwoman) a bit exaggeratedly: "I know the West Germans wish us to hell, but we stick it out because at home we would barely have enough...
...Circuit Court Judge Paul Baker has warned Rubin to stick to defending his client instead of indicting fictional melodrama. Counters Rubin: "It is inevitable that TV will be a defendant. I intend to put television on trial...
...radio spot, a camper croons a story of how he left a fire burning, and then a bold new Smokey takes charge. He angrily bares his teeth and sings: "My name is Smokey, and I used to ask folks nice/ To stir their campfire with a stick and drown that fire twice./ Now, it's no more Mr. Nice Bear, 'cause I've had enough of you./ Just one last time I'll speak my mind and here's what you better do:/ Wipe out your campfire, beat out the embers, drown it with water...
Avoiding the creek that snakes circuitously through Hickory Ridge, Fitzgibbons hit 15 greens in regulation. "I hit the ball dynamite," Fitzgibbons said. "I was all over the stick but putted like a moron...
While some members of the committee insisted that their priority task was to determine if Lance had concealed information from them, any such cover-up charge seemed unlikely to stick. The over riding public issue remained whether the Budget Director's banking practices had been as unethical, self-serving and casual as his critics charged. On these substantive matters, Lance's defense was weakest...