Word: wonderments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...roommate also suggested folding my pillow over my head and sleeping on my side. Not only does this not eliminate enough noise, but the one time I tried it I nearly suffocated to death. I wonder why he suggested...
...skeptical Americans wonder whether D'Aubuisson is gone for good. He remains a Deputy in the legislature and leader emeritus of the party. D'Aubuisson himself is unabashedly confident. "Why shouldn't I have influence?" he asks...
ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Lovers waltz in midair, a servant (Eric Idle) outruns a speeding bullet and the King of the Moon (Robin Williams) literally loses his head in this wonder-filled fantasy from Terry Gilliam, late of Brazil...
...1970s were only a bad dream, consumers have been content to step on the gas. Sales of light trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles, which generally guzzle more fuel than autos, have set U.S. sales records for four of the past five years. Small wonder: the price of gasoline, adjusted for inflation, is at its 1965 level. Among customers choosing a recreational vehicle, says Bill Jocoy, a salesman at Northwoods RV Supermarket in Lansing, Mich., mileage per gallon ranks only fifth or sixth among their priorities, after color and floor plan...
...ordered casino glad-handers Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle to stay away from baseball until they quit playing golf with gamblers. To much applause, Ueberroth rescinded that ban four years ago. In the last week of his tenure (Giamatti takes office April 1), the Rose affair may make him wonder if that was such a great signal...