Word: hovering
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...pays more for his health, life insurance and pension plans, and generally works for less than his counterpart in private industry. Also, it is he, the civil servant, who must keep the wheels of Government in motion notwithstanding incompatible laws, changes in Administration and the myriad lobbyists who hover over the nation's capital...
...when the Dow first approached the four-digit threshold, inflation has chopped the buying power of a dollar to little more than 400. For investors in the 30 stocks of the Dow industrials to be as well off today as 15 years ago, the averages would have to hover not at 1,000 but at 2,500-and not even Wall Street's most starry-eyed optimists see that kind of rise ahead any time soon...
Edna's healing power develops after a disastrous automobile causes her to cross the brink of death. While on the operating table, she seems to hover over herself, watching the proceedings. Then she relives the crash. As the windshield shatters, geometeric patterns radiate in her field of vision. Bells chime. Light diffusing from a central source creates a tunnel. Shadowy forms of people she vaguely remembers seem to talk to her and guide her toward the light. In the distance a figure stands facing her, casually slinging a jacket over his shoulder. It's her husband, who died...
With Harris the only experienced front line player, untested depth will characterize the Crimson up front. In addition to Trout and Carrabino, freshmen Chris Mitchell, Ken Plutnicki, and Terry Murnin, all of whom hover around 6-ft. 8-in., will provide uncharacteristic bench strength...
Here Comes Everybody.Those lawyers, lobbyists, accountants and others who hover around the federal honey pot are remarkably well rewarded for their attentiveness. In 1979 Washington was once again the nation's most affluent marketplace, according to Sales and Marketing Management magazine. The average income of households in metropolitan Washington after taxes was $27,200, which is a tidy 31½% above the national average. The average household income for suburban Montgomery County, Md., was $30,333. In Fairfax County in northern Virginia, it was $33,578. One of the reasons that the rest of the country begrudges these people...