Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...viewing cameras, jumping beans, figurines of pedro and cacti, pencils key rings, combs, six-color magic markers, donkey toothbrush holders, puppets, letter openers, napkin rings, wind-up Pedros, frisbees, New Years noise makers, wallets, scarves, candles, fake rocks ("get your rocks off," $5.95), toy pinball machines, tambourines, slippers, sweatshirts, string ties, playing cards, punching bags, toy binoculars, pin cushions, aprons, picture puzzles, bullwhips, shopping bags, roulette wheels, boomerangs, pencil cases, piggybanks, pedro posters, sun hats, trays, wind chimes, buttons, bumper stickers, inflatable Pedros, horns, spoon racks, trivets, cigarette cases, two-piece donkey sets, cosmetic cases, pens, cups...
...pale yellow sands There's a pair of clasped hands And an eyeball entangled with string, And a plate of raw meat, And a bicycle seat, And a Thing that is hardly a thing...
They also agreed to add to the rate cuts a string of special tax-saving provisions advanced by the Democrats...
...vote, up dramatically from the 28% they won on the first presidential ballot. According to most forecasts, the Socialists could double their current total of 117 seats in the 491-member National Assembly when the two rounds of elections-on June 14 and 21 -are completed. Barring a string of disasters at the local level, the Socialists should at least be within easy striking distance of a parliamentary majority of 246 seats...
...detour really. Jeffreys got into Syracuse University, then in his sophomore year landed a scholarship to study Renaissance art in Florence. That culture shock, he says, "changed my life. It gave me the feeling that there can be a better quality of life, a world where the string beans are fresh." After graduation, and another Italian interlude, Jeffreys settled in Manhattan, put his formal education in a corner and taught himself guitar. Sometimes he appeared with an old friend from Syracuse, Lou Reed. More often, he just tried to keep his career on the tracks...