Word: fattening
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Most of the remaining British forces are taking up new positions in the rolling, sparsely populated countryside along the Irish border, where the I.R.A. is still dangerous. Prove hit teams retreat to remote hiding places between ambush attacks or, lately, between raids on banks in the Irish Republic to fatten depleted coffers. Partly as a result of the bank raids, the Republic has built up its own surveillance of the border region. In early September Prime Minister Charles Haughey's government announced that Dublin will spend $240 million to deploy more helicopters and spotter aircraft, equip special detective teams...
RUTGERS 35, CORNELL 12: After clobbering Princeton last Saturday, the Scarlet Knights get to fatten up on the Ivy League again today. The Big Red is this week's victim...
...interest costs, which the Federal Reserve pushed up again last week by raising the rate it charges member banks to 13%, have not slowed consumer spending. Moreover, mild winter weather has made it easier to go shopping and eased the strain on home heating budgets. This has helped to fatten consumer pocketbooks, enabling people to keep on spending though wages have not kept pace with inflation...