Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...height of his sermon, Graham declared the Gospels were "the only way out of the human dilemma." His faith is certain, secure and powerful, and that is why what he thinks is so important. For the Bible is not a tool to be used by left or right. First must come the belief, and then the action, for truly radical change is internal and individual, and only then is it infectious. Christ, says Leonardo Boff in his Latin American classic Jesus Christ, Liberator, is "the one who disconcerts," the "one who provokes a radical crisis." In white America, though, where...
...Common Man wields the powerful tool of providing the continuity of the play as he leads us in and out of scenes. He takes us into More's home where we meet More's wife Alice (Anne Montgomery) and his daughter Margaret (Anne Higgins). The actresses exemplify dramatic versatility as they seem to relish every word they pronounce and every movement they make...
...deal was cut, or rather sliced. The new lease calls for a 3,000-submarine payment in lieu of two years' rent. Gerrity, whose machine-tool factory is next door to the Big Dom's submarine shop in question, will dole out 1,200 sandwich vouchers to plant workers the first year. Ordinarily a Big Dom's sub can cost up to $4.95. Says Gerrity of his employees: "If they're smart, they'll go for the expensive ones...
...CHANCE," Fred Astaire told Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee, is the tool's word for fate. "This cliche, usually restricted to tales of star crossed romances, sometimes merits grander application. Every once in a while, events in two completely different lives take on an uncanny similarity, parallels that could only transcend coincidence...
...squeeze on domestic suppliers will almost automatically send more business overseas. The U.S. once dominated the world market for machine tools, but last year 36% of new machines were installed by foreign suppliers. A surge in demand could make the U.S. even more dependent on overseas machinery. Says James Gray, president of the National Machine Tool Builders Association: "A rapid, massive mobilization will undermine us. If the Defense Department isn't concerned about the health of the American machine-tool industry, then it damned well ought...