Word: wakeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only conceivable reason that Reagan would want to run again is to prevent the Republicans from going down the drain. But even this argument is beginning to evaporate in the wake of the Democrats' leadership vacuum...
...city's profile is reminiscent of Florida's Epcot Center. Traffic across the Pont Général De Gaulle bustles every bit as much as along the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., and even an occasional water skier can be spotted crisscrossing the wake of an outboard on the lagoon-like Cocody...
...suggestions that the United States re-establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan ("I misstated"), his endorsement of a unified Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty, and the campaign promise of a balanced budget ("In the first place, I said that [a balanced budget] was our goal, not a promise."). And in the wake of the current furor over the President's special hunger commission and the presence of a widespread problem, it is unlikely that the archives will put out on display the text of a 1964 TV speech in which the retired actor said "We were told four years ago that...
...where 75% of U.S. citrus fruit is grown. It is believed that a quarter of the nearly ripe crop, worth about $250 million, was wrecked by temperatures as low as 16°. "It was just like Pearl Harbor," says Everett Fischer, general manager of Winter Garden Citrus Growers. "You wake up and-wham!-you've been bombed." Commodity speculators last week bid up the price of orange juice by 15%, and store prices are expected to rise accordingly. Florida produce from peppers to cucumbers and tomatoes was also devastated. Says Strawberry Grower Roy Parke: "Losses are hitting 100%-berries...
...wake of the fiscal crisis of 1975, Wagner emphasized rebuilding the city's crumbling infrastructure rather than beginning new construction. The 39-year-old administrator is also known in government circles for his dedication to New York's health and education services, colleagues said...