Word: waved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...killed. Billions of dollars spent on the war effort each month. Iranian children as young as nine or 10 slaughtered in suicide assaults on Iraqi minefields. And the stakes seem high enough. Sixty percent of the West's oil flows from the Gulf. An Iranian victory might unleash a wave of radical Islamic fundamentalism throughout the region, threatening the stability of moderate Arab states...
...followers. Then, as the local Communist Party leader and the police chief of Gdansk looked down from the tribunal in stunned disbelief, the cocky interloper flashed a V-for-victory sign. A visiting Soviet party leader failed to recognize him and returned his salute with a cheery wave. Shouted an astonished onlooker: "It's Lech! Walesa is here!" Indeed...
Behind a record wave of acquisitions are investment bankers and huge fees...
...change the face and shape of the people. In Peking, women sometimes pay plastic surgeons $20 (half a month's wage for the average urban worker) to have their eyes enlarged, their eyelids folded or their noses straightened. Men think nothing of putting down $5 for a permanent wave. Others spend $5 for disco-coordinated aerobics classes with Oriental Jane Fondas like former Star Gymnast Qi Yufang...
Critics charge that adjustable loans could lead to a wave of defaults. While some borrowers may have little trouble keeping up with the rising interest costs, others could find their budgets severely strained. "Many of these mortgages seem to be ticking time bombs," says Irwin Kellner, chief economist for Manufacturers Hanover. "They could start exploding in the face of homeowners and lenders alike...