Word: swallow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Europeans and Japanese, this looks like an astonishing demand that they change their currency values and offer trade concessions so that they may swallow an additional $13 billion...
...other class of widely used phosphate substitutes-caustic alkaline chemicals-can be dangerous if inhaled, swallowed or brought in contact with the eyes. The fact that small children often swallow household cleaning agents increases the threat. Last year alone, 3,900 such poisonings were reported, and last month a 15-month-old Connecticut girl died from eating a non-phosphate detergent. Says an EPA official: "When you weigh the death of a child against the possible death of a lake, there's no choice. The human health factor has to outweigh any environmental damage...
...value of the dollar is established. In any case, the extra cost to U.S. consumers will rarely be as much as 10%. The surcharge is imposed on wholesale prices, which are seldom more than half of retail prices. Moreover, many importers and foreign manufacturers will be willing to swallow part of the surcharge to keep their products competitive. For example, Manhattan importers of Scotch whisky forecast that shelf prices would go up about 100 per fifth...
Come Again. Dinner was described by Reston as a "neverending stream," featuring such fare as sea slugs and quail eggs. Chou proposed a toast with a glass of the strong Chinese liquor mao-tai, but did not swallow a drop. At one point, Reston went after a decorative but tough leaf under his portion of ground pork and drew a polite reproof from his host: "Please don't eat the lotus leaves...
...trooping off to Reagan. Now there's a general feeling that he's let us down, that the President is turning his back on his old friends to make new ones." Adds one of the "early birds": "I've had to grit my teeth and swallow hard to remain a loyalist...