Word: sweated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THERE ARE A FEW rough spots. The men working in the chain gang under the noon sun in the opening shots do not seem to sweat; their shirts are dry and pressed. Some of the dialogue in the police precinct is terrible: "You know," says a female ballistics expert to Nolte, "there are some really bad people out there." Nolte quips in return that they would all be out of a job if it weren't for the bad people. Back to the streets...
TEXAS. In 1978 he became Texas' first Republican Governor in more than 100 years, after spending $7.2 million. So Bill Clements, 65, an oil-rich spendthrift, dropped $12.5 million this time, and expected a no-sweat reelection. Then, as his election-night party started, ABC News began predicting that Democrat Mark White would be the winner. Gasped one partygoer: "You're kidding...
...contrast, are undecided how long they will pursue of skating. "As a pro there are a lot of possibilities. But it takes a lot of work." Peter Carruthers said "I guess it's you like anything else you really want to do badly--a whole lot of blood, sweat and hears. "If you work hard and you're dedicated to it you can really get something...
...Indians who, having stepped out from behind their ominuos drumbeat, trurn to be disappointingly sullen rather than mysterious. For at least a half hour they pull the creaking ship through the slimy mud. By the time Molly-Aida gets to the other side. we,ve seen so much sweat and struggle that the achievementseem the inevitable trumph of enough muscle, rather than the culmination of a mythic journey...
...enemy lies not in his redeeming social value but in the peculiar passion he lends to life. There is simply no force in nature like him, none that can so suck the oxygen from the air, so tighten the skin about the ears, so clench the fists, sweat the palms, so press the tongue against the mouth's roof or stretch the nerves Like piano wires. His concentration on you is total. He cares more about your welfare than you do yourself, and he asks so little in return. Only that you continue as you are and that...