Word: instant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential hopefuls would like to pull a Carter in Iowa or, failing that, do well enough so that their campaigns are not derailed. Victory is as much a matter of perception as it is of votes. The television networks and the press will provide national coverage and instant analysis. In the maneuvering preceding the caucuses, all the candidates are playing down their chances, an obvious ploy designed to make whatever vote they get look as good as possible. Sums up G.O.P. Candidate George Bush, one of the top players: "The action begins in Iowa. It's where everything starts...
...They're hungry: after all those almosts they can taste the title. Plus, it's their last chance to do it as the L.A. Rams (next year they travel down the road to Anaheim). Pittsburgh's just a wee bit complacent--after all, Houston came within one instant replay of ambushing the champs...
...practice, however, the newer mayors have proved largely helpless in dealing with the country's deep-rooted economic and social ills, which have only worsened since the Communist Party won 34.1% of the national vote in 1976. Italians who had hoped for instant results, in fact, have been quick to register their disappointment at the polls: earlier this year the party suffered a wrenching loss of four percentage points in the Chamber of Deputies...
...past two decades. They are owned by engineers and airline pilots, big businessmen and corporations. Most of the bottles shipped by such wineries as Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Chappellet, Santa Ynez, Burgess, Joseph Swan, Sanford & Benedict, J. Lohr, Keenan, Heitz and Chateau St. Jean are instant sellouts-often at higher prices than comparable French, Italian or German vintages. A tasting...
...cuckolded husband and his companion -trapped in the snowbound Rockies. Friend and foe are united, bind each other's wounds, curse as would-be rescuers pass over and around, unaware of their piteous fires and cries. After 41 days in the mountains, only Coulter survives. He becomes an instant hero, on 60 Minutes, in LIFE and in the town. Gradually, the ole mountain boys begin to suspect what the reader already knows: the angry husband and his companion have been shot by Coulter. The engaging Mike Arizo has been left to die by the lecher. And the vigilantes begin...