Word: underneath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like residents of some bombarded city taking advantage of a lull in the shelling, Wall Streeters scrambled from underneath their desks last week and tried to get their morale and finances in shape. Stunned by the Ivan Boesky insider-trading disclosures of Nov. 14 and expecting more to come, investors pulled their money out of takeover-target stocks and instead poured their cash into stabler, less controversial shares. Nevertheless, takeover artists got back some of their nerve and launched a flurry of new merger bids. All the while, angry accusations flew back and forth as the players in the widening...
...henna markings on her hands and feet, Diana remarked, "Poor bride." Later the Princess set Arab tongues wagging when she appeared in a lilac silk- crepe jacket, worn over a mid-calf-length skirt, that prompted fervent speculation as to whether or not she was wearing a brassiere underneath. Popular opinion held that...
...Underneath the hype and rivalry is a sharedrespect. Root against the Yalies during the dayand then drink with them at night. That's theessence of this rivalry...
Then there's old Christ Church, located at the corner of Garden St. and Mass. Ave., close to where George Washington stationed his troops in 1775. Several feet underneath the church lie the remains of a patriot prisoner of war shot by the Redcoats. According to popular legend, "he comes up once in a while and blows out candles," says church archivist Donna LaRue...
...underneath, both brothers are quite different from the typical Harvard student. Neither one will mention their unusual background, though, unless you ask them...