Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shelf in Carter-Mondale headquarters in Washington rest 25 thick black loose-leaf binders. They are crammed with ammunition for the Democrats' effort to make Ronald Reagan the chief issue of the presidential election campaign-thousands of past Reagan comments that Carter's strategists consider to be insensitive, silly, simplistic or just plain dumb. Following the quotes are notations of their sources: newspaper clippings, official Reagan statements, transcripts of his speeches and news conferences...
...defendants, the Brooklyn courtroom looks like a NASA tracking station, with ten television monitors, four loudspeakers and a control panel in the center of the room. The evidence flickers before the jurors, each of whom wears headphones. Weinberg's face never appears on the screens, but his thick Brooklyn accent is heard frequently...
...even longer, for both sides know that the out come will determine, for years to come, how the industry will divide the profits from the new technology: pay TV, video discs and video cassettes. "It is important that this strike not be minimized," says Winkler, almost unrecognizable behind a thick beard. "Ninety-eight percent of actors aren't as fortunate as I am. If we don't do this now, we won't get our just due down the road...
...Oakland A's and their apopleptic manager, Billy Martin, who just can't seem to get it through their thick heads that they have no talent. Nor can the California Angels, a team that refuses to recognize that it teems with talent...
...converted the 17th century stone cellar of his establishment, Chéz Gregory, in Arcey not far from the Swiss border, into a bomb shelter that even the Guide Michelin might approve. Behind a 1½-ton steel and reinforced concrete door and enclosed within 4 ft.-thick walls, the room is equipped with a hand-cranked ventilator that sucks in outside air and could filter out radioactive dust. Most evenings, the fare includes steaks, omelets and salads. Come the holocaust, though, Deur's village clientele will be treated to a repast of freeze-dried haricots verts, vacuum-packed...