Word: catapulted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That disagreement took the bloom off the Camp David accords, made it far more difficult for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to convince other Arabs that he had not sold out the Palestinian cause, and helped catapult the peace process into the limbo in which it remains today. How did the confusion arise? In a new book, Camp David: Peacemaking and Politics, published last week by the Brookings Institution, Middle East Expert William Quandt, a staff member of the National Security Council during the Carter Administration and a participant in the Camp David talks, provides an insider's account...
Coupled with Thursday's one-meter competition, in which Greene placed fourth and Byrd sixth, diving helped the aquawomen catapult into the third spot early and remain there down the stretch...
Pennzoil naturally was elated. The award could catapult the 36th-largest U.S. oil company into the ranks of the oil giants. Pennzoil's stock, which stood at $49.875 a month ago, closed at $66.125 last week. Upon hearing Casseb's ruling, Pennzoil Attorney Joseph Jamail and Chairman J. Hugh Liedtke exchanged bear hugs and laughed aloud. When a reporter asked a jubilant Liedtke whether he still might settle with Texaco, he replied, "We're always willing to discuss matters. The problem is that dealing with Texaco is like trying to frisk a wet seal...
...Harvard heavyweight varsity, ranked fourth in the East last week, came from behind to upset third-ranked Princeton and catapult into this week's second-place slot--behind Navy...
...lost, as the bike is merely floating, not moving ahead. So drivers try to stay on the ground as much as possible. Promoters, though, try to play up the sport's dangerous in-the-air element. The most exciting part of this course was a large jump called the catapult; Diet Coke gives the driver who jumps the farthest a $1000 bonus. The fans love it, but it reinforces the idea that motocross is a show and not a sport...