Word: talled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When news stories in October suggested ties between George Bush's office and the supply line to the contras, the Vice President denied any involvement. Still, a few of his campaign advisers considered the rumor a political plus. A suggestion that the Vice President stands tall behind the "freedom fighters," they reasoned, might improve his standing with Republican hawks who doubt Bush's grit. An aide recalled this judgment with a rueful chuckle last week as Bush labored to free himself from one of Iranscam's many tentacles. With his presidential prospects damaged by the broader scandal, Bush...
...Louis XIV, the Sun King, made as much of solar disks, sunrays and other bursts of radiance as deco America. As the Utopian form to end all others, the skyscraper manifested itself as chairbacks, bookcases, table lamps, cocktail shakers and, of course, refrigerators. That these things were not tall mattered no more than the fact that most streamlined objects did not budge. It was the image that counted...
...million. Shuwa also recently purchased New York City's ABC building (price: $174 million). Japanese investments in U.S. real estate could reach $5 billion this year, more than three times the 1985 level. Main reason: the dollar has weakened by 38% since early 1985 against the yen, making even tall American office towers a relative bargain...
There was a tall dirt mound bordering the backyard of the final row of houses. Ducking into a finely manicured lawn, I scrambled up the heap...
...article published Monday in The Washington Post, Buchanan praised North as a hero and blasted Republicans for deserting Reagan over the scandal, saying that with a few exceptions, "the whole damn pack has headed for the tall grass...