Word: spiralling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Taylor's innovations rest upon the foundations of awe-inspiring piano technique, as arpeggios spiral off effortlessly in opposite directions, while in other passages, glowing chords are teased from the piano with the light touch of a Bill Evans or a John Lewis. This technique creates an ongoing well-spring of creativity which cannot possibly...
Students' suitcases, weighed down by texts and spiral notebooks, may be heavier. But many say they appreciate the extra study time...
...defense strategy, riling allied countries with their nativism and voters with their disrespect for the Commander in Chief. Then the G.O.P.'s attempts to deliver on the tax cuts and other promises of the "Contract with America" threaten to aggravate the budget deficit, sending stock markets into a downward spiral. In the end, G.O.P. extremists drive their party so far to the right that their new coalition splinters. And the Democrats dream...
...three of the Army's 12 divisions were far below their peak readiness levels. That prompted Representative Floyd Spence, the South Carolina Republican in line to be chairman of the Armed Services Committee, to charge that "U.S. military units are caught in the early stages of a downward readiness spiral that shows no prospect of easing in the foreseeable future...
...come to breakfast, but not this early," Lowell House resident Esther Safre '97 says. "I have to study." She has a spiral notebook in her lap and papers surrounding her tray...