Word: walling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While underwater after the start, Berkoff flipped on to his back and launched into his famous "Berkoff Blastoff," with which he propelled himself to the first wall. At that point, he turned back over, made his turn and finished the race on his stomach...
...city. Drug abusers are viewed by many as morally repugnant, and few voters want to spend precious tax dollars on the urban poor. According to Dr. David Musto of Yale, "Middle class Americans may become so absolutely disgusted that all they will want to do is arrest everyone or wall up the inner city...
Once she moves in with Barry Kantor (Steinberg), himself a victim of childhood beatings, sadomasochism reigns supreme: "He didn't mean to bang my head against the wall . . . This is a man who cares so deeply, who feels so much pain...
Instead of liquidating insolvent S & Ls, regulators decided it would be cheaper and more expedient to sell them to private investors or merge them with healthy thrifts. Bank Board Chairman M. Danny Wall sharply stepped up the tempo of such sales last year, selling or liquidating more than 200 thrifts at an estimated cost to the Government of $39 billion in tax breaks and other incentives extended to the buyers. Critics contend that the regulators were taken for a ride. Fumed Iowa's Leach: "The dealmakers are laughing all the way to the piggy bank." But Wall staunchly defends...
...headlines, facts and features, along with a focus piece examining one story in depth. The young announcers, who include Kenny Rogers Jr., son of the country-and-western singer, will even spring pop quizzes on their viewers. Example: Which of these two is older, the pyramids or the Great Wall of China? (Answer: the pyramids...