Word: ton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little coal that virtually none has been mined in 50 years. Its oil bill of $3.1 billion last year made it the world's largest per capita importer. On the other hand, the country has Western Europe's largest uranium deposit, the unmined 300,000-ton Ranstad lode in southern Sweden, which some regard as their future energy ace in the hole...
...disappointed freshman summed the meet up right there--big guns. The balance that Randy Reese brought with him from Gainesville enabled the squad to nail down a ton of consolation points, but their lack of medal-winners relegated the team to a back seat, while Par Arvidsson led the Bears with two wins for the second straight year...
...that Londoners don't want a half-ton, half-heroic bronze of British-born Comedian Charlie Chaplin in Leicester Square. After all, Will Shakespeare already stands there, although the Bard's appearance and dignity have been besmirched by pigeons, air pollution and porno spreading through a once tony neighborhood that used to be home to Painters William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. But installation of the statue of the Little Tramp, who died at 88 in 1977, has been stalled by a standoff between the Greater London Council, which wants to rehabilitate the square speedily, and the more snail...
...play and send it on the road for seasoning. Instead, they will take an off-Broad way hit like The Elephant Man or Talley's Folly and move it to a larger house on Broadway. Thus, with what Cattaneo calls "a nod toward the future," Hamil ton asked Gene Saks, who directed such big budget hits as Same Time, Next Year and I Love My Wife, to stage Save Grand Central. "It's obvious I'm not here for the two-week run," Saks candidly admits. "We all hope it catches on and moves to Broadway...
...there, all right, for things that don't show-new slate roof tiles and the children's education." Morgan's determined innocence can lead him to odd perceptions: "Tottery old ladies, people you wouldn't trust to navigate a grocery cart, are heading two-ton cars in your direction at speeds of 70 miles per hour. Our lives depend on total strangers...