Word: turnings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walsh and Wyche gave Miami and the rest of the crazed world an example. No matter how fierce the fight, there is room at the end for a little comfort, a little understanding--something, as the lights go out in Joe Robbie Stadium and we turn back to the real world, we should remember...
...object of this religious fervor is a creation which can only be described as a city-stand hot dog combined with a salad--it's called a "Chicago Hot Dog." A complex culinary concoction, a true Chicago dog must adhere to a stringent recipe, otherwise it will turn into a dripping, mushy mess...
When last faced with the opportunity to turn thumbs down on a salary hike, the Senate in 1987 voted 88-6 against a $12,100 increase -- fully confident that the House would save the day. After Representatives denounced the raises in furious speeches, the House also rejected pay raises in a voice vote. There was only one hitch: the debate took place after the 30-day waiting period had expired and the raises had already gone into effect...
...weekend Japan mourned the late Emperor Hirohito. But by Monday morning it was business as usual. Proving that few events, not even the death of an imperial leader who reigned for more than six decades, can turn off their entrepreneurial juices for long, eager businessmen besieged a Justice Ministry office to stake claim to use of the word Heisei (achieving universal peace), the name chosen to designate Emperor Akihito's reign. On Monday the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei average climbed to 31,006.51, an all-time high...
...naming Prince Philip, who as a naval lieutenant accompanied his uncle Lord Mountbatten to the Japanese surrender ceremonies in 1945. Philip's war credentials partly defused the issue, but the president of the National Federation of Far Eastern Prisoners of War Association, Harold Payne, reportedly said Mountbatten "would turn in his grave" if he knew of the Prince Consort's plans. Likely to roil the waters further is an upcoming BBC documentary contending that Hirohito must have known of the 1937 rape of Nanking, in which Japanese troops butchered at least 20,000 Chinese, and that he knew at least...