Word: tapped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...master of ceremonies. Although his dandified talent is misapplied here, the songs he dusts off (Tall, Tan and Terrific, Posin ') have period charm as well as charm, period. Present-day Broadway is represent ed by Nell Carter, that kitten of brass from Ain't Misbehavin', and Tap Dancer Gregory Hines from t, a one-man funky fusillade...
...Tap-Dancing Legend John W. Bubbles, who created the role of Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess, lifts a still rakish derby and a still raffish tenor in It Ain't Necessarily So. Wilson is now halting of step and Bubbles is confined to a chair. Their performances affirm that careers may be long to a particular age, but talent is ageless...
...hold. When the nation's money supply declined at an annual rate of 1.6% or $6.2 billion to $382.9 billion in the past three months instead of rising 5% as originally targeted by the Fed, economists thought the central bank might be ready to turn on the money tap once again. This seemed to be confirmed when the Federal Reserve announced that it was dismantling some of the credit control apparatus it had built in March. At that time, the Federal Reserve began charging major banks a three-point interest-rate surcharge on funds they borrowed from it; that...
Having urged the construction of a tunnel under East Berlin, which allowed the CIA to tap into communications within the Eastern bloc, Harvey developed a reputation for accomplishing the impossible. That proved his undoing. When the Kennedy brothers ordered a secret operation to overthrow Castro, Harvey was put in charge. He employed all the tricks of his trade, including the recruitment of Mafia figures for a rubout, but he failed. After that, it was all downhill as he drank away his frustrations and died of a heart attack...
...policymaking. "The Secretary of State has to be, as far as capacity permits, creative. The problems we face require that ability. I've got to enmesh myself in a lot of details. Ideas are going to be at a premium, and I'm especially going to tap the resources in the State Department...