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metaphorical
|
attacked
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
30,
38
] |
TroFi.o.159
|
But international groups that attacked Mr. Jenninger 's remarks may find themselves among the losers .
|
metaphorical
|
destroy
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
43,
50
] |
TroFi.o.449
|
`` We do n't need the government trying to destroy the industry because of a few bad apples , '' says David L. Ganz , an ANA board member and a lawyer for some coin dealers .
|
metaphorical
|
targeting
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
118,
127
] |
TroFi.o.3581
|
Federal prosecutors in Texas , California and Florida are particularly burdened with bank fraud investigations , many targeting savings and loans that failed after speculative lending binges .
|
literal
|
kill
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
153,
157
] |
TroFi.o.1867
|
Police said managing partner John A. Mulheren Jr . , whom they arrested Feb. 18 carrying a loaded rifle outside his home in Rumson , N.J . , intended to kill arbitrager Ivan F. Boesky , who has implicated Mr. Mulheren in Wall Street 's insider trading scandal .
|
metaphorical
|
flooding
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
33,
41
] |
TroFi.o.1458
|
PRESS RELEASES about lawyers are flooding newspaper offices as the profession becomes more aggressive about marketing .
|
literal
|
rain
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
90,
94
] |
TroFi.o.2666
|
The dual rallies were touched off by falling commodity prices , which came in reaction to rain in the parched Farm Belt .
|
metaphorical
|
dissolved
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
57,
66
] |
TroFi.o.630
|
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church was formally dissolved by Moscow in January 1930 .
|
metaphorical
|
attacked
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
19,
27
] |
TroFi.o.208
|
U.S. conservatives attacked the accord , but it helps clear the way for an upbeat superpower summit in Moscow at the end of May .
|
metaphorical
|
cool
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
25,
29
] |
TroFi.o.276
|
But profit-taking helped cool the rally .
|
literal
|
flying
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
55,
61
] |
TroFi.o.1666
|
Alain Minc , Patrick Ponsolle and Maurice Lippens were flying from Paris to Brussels last Monday night when they uncorked a bottle of warm champagne and toasted the future of Societe Generale de Belgique S.A . , the giant Belgian holding company .
|
metaphorical
|
flourished
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
193,
203
] |
TroFi.o.1506
|
In this isolated valley where peasants furrow their cornfields with mule-drawn wooden plows , archaeologists are unearthing a cradle of ancient Mexican civilization -- an Olmec settlement that flourished between 1200 and 600 B.C .
|
metaphorical
|
destroyed
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
95,
104
] |
TroFi.o.453
|
A person who actually believes in something is likely to have his or her reputation and career destroyed by letting substance get in the way of image .
|
literal
|
sleeping
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
125,
133
] |
TroFi.o.2990
|
I have to tell you I 've been through many periods in my life where I have n't slept at night , where I had a very hard time sleeping at night .
|
literal
|
pumping
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
172,
179
] |
TroFi.o.2629
|
Harvey D. White , an Auckland cardiologist , found that `` no dramatic difference '' emerged from a small study comparing TPA with streptokinase in preserving the heart 's pumping power and in prolonging survival following a first heart attack .
|
metaphorical
|
flooded
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
160,
167
] |
TroFi.o.1407
|
Fusion charges that shortly after it sold a high-intensity microwave lamp to Mitsubishi in 1977 , the Japanese company `` reverse-engineered '' the product and flooded the Japanese Patent Office with 200 separate claims to this type of technology .
|
metaphorical
|
melting
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
38,
45
] |
TroFi.o.2206
|
Support for the shipyard strike began melting away when workers across Poland ignored Solidarity 's call for sympathy stoppages .
|
metaphorical
|
plant
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
76,
81
] |
TroFi.o.2346
|
A bomb would have required `` a bribable '' Pakistani soldier or officer to plant it , an administration official said .
|
literal
|
flying
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
141,
147
] |
TroFi.o.1706
|
When we first encounter Nina , she is blaming her kindly old Dad for succumbing to fatherly jealousy and blocking her marriage to a handsome flying ace named Gordon , who is subsequently killed in World War I .
|
metaphorical
|
attack
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
17,
23
] |
TroFi.o.126
|
Dukakis plans to attack Gephardt for taking special-interest money .
|
metaphorical
|
poured
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
28,
34
] |
TroFi.o.2530
|
Foreign and domestic buyers poured into the market at the outset of trading on continued strength in the dollar and the widely held belief that interest rates are headed lower , said Frederick Leiner , a futures analyst with Prudential-Bache Securities Inc . , Chicago .
|
metaphorical
|
plowing
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
24,
31
] |
TroFi.o.2484
|
As a result , Drexel is plowing more money into leveraged buy-outs , employee buy-outs and other friendly transactions .
|
metaphorical
|
stumble
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
69,
76
] |
TroFi.o.3452
|
The short-sellers have come bounding in , waiting for the company to stumble .
|
literal
|
planted
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
169,
176
] |
TroFi.o.2385
|
Many had believed that the heavier-than-expected weekend rains would dampen for at least several days a rally that has been based primarily on conjecture that the newly planted corn and soybean crops were too dry to start growing .
|
metaphorical
|
cooling
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
76,
83
] |
TroFi.o.330
|
But some marketing consultants see signs that the 1980s new-product boom is cooling a bit .
|
literal
|
killed
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
15,
21
] |
TroFi.o.1916
|
One person was killed -- an engineer on one of the trains .
|
literal
|
slept
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
7,
12
] |
TroFi.o.3012
|
I have slept through Minsk and past Smolensk .
|
literal
|
rained
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
16,
22
] |
TroFi.o.2684
|
When it finally rained , it was a letdown . ''/''
|
literal
|
drink
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
81,
86
] |
TroFi.o.761
|
Camille 's father , Wolfy , former winner of the Indianapolis 500 , is driven to drink by the exploits of his ex-wife Rose , author of a feminist denunciation of the Daleys and the host of her own talk show .
|
literal
|
drinking
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
130,
138
] |
TroFi.o.805
|
Mr. Redford has assembled a great collection of faces , especially the geezers who look like they 've spent the past half-century drinking the same cup of coffee with the same old pals .
|
literal
|
melt
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
108,
112
] |
TroFi.o.2173
|
The plant in Osuka , about 150 miles southwest of Tokyo , will finish glass melted in Corning , N.Y . , but melt facilities may be added later , the company said .
|
metaphorical
|
stumble
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
72,
79
] |
TroFi.o.3449
|
Holly Farms ' experience is a classic example of how a food company can stumble in launching a product .
|
literal
|
danced
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
8,
14
] |
TroFi.o.374
|
Even as danced by four of ABT 's most talented males , John Gardner , Robert Hill , Kevin McKenzie and the astonishingly agile Robert Wallace , Mr. Tippet 's latest work is tough going .
|
metaphorical
|
cool
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
53,
57
] |
TroFi.o.287
|
Several analysts wondered if the rise was ordered to cool down an overheating economy or rather to present a clear signal to the market that British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson is in command of interest rate policy .
|
metaphorical
|
flourishing
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
31,
42
] |
TroFi.o.1526
|
It reveals that while PACs are flourishing , political competition is n't .
|
metaphorical
|
planted
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
87,
94
] |
TroFi.o.2407
|
There was no immediate claim of responsibility , but police said the bomb was probably planted by Sinhalese extremists in retaliation for the restaurant owner 's defiance of a call for a general strike .
|
metaphorical
|
cool
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
36,
40
] |
TroFi.o.279
|
Mr. Feldt insisted that the need to cool the high-flying capital markets -- and placate his party 's union supporters at a sensitive juncture in the election campaign -- outweighed the Riksbank 's arguments .
|
metaphorical
|
attacked
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
4,
12
] |
TroFi.o.170
|
IBP attacked the report as not factual and full of innuendo and as `` egotistical '' grandstanding by the subcommittee chairman , Rep. Tom Lantos -LRB- D . , Calif. -RRB- .
|
metaphorical
|
attacking
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
147,
156
] |
TroFi.o.219
|
Indeed , Richard Gephardt , Jesse Jackson and Michael Dukakis have all made public appearances in support of Eastern 's union -- sometimes sharply attacking Mr. Lorenzo .
|
metaphorical
|
stumbled
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
40,
48
] |
TroFi.o.3472
|
For Latin America , which has generally stumbled through years of stagnation or low growth since it became mired in foreign debt in 1982 , Chile 's economic record is enviable .
|
literal
|
rain
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
46,
50
] |
TroFi.o.2670
|
`` When it does n't rain on my land , it will rain on my brother 's , '' says Antonio Avina .
|
metaphorical
|
flooded
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
40,
47
] |
TroFi.o.1433
|
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is flooded with them .
|
metaphorical
|
flooding
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
30,
38
] |
TroFi.o.1463
|
THIS YEAR marketers are again flooding supermarket shelves with new products -- everything from Cajun popcorn to ketchup in spray cans .
|
metaphorical
|
destroy
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
130,
137
] |
TroFi.o.439
|
They are so consumed by their own power , by a Mussolini-like ego , that their willingness to run over normal human beings and to destroy honest institutions is unending . ''/''
|
metaphorical
|
plowing
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
56,
63
] |
TroFi.o.2489
|
He was tested for drugs after running a stop signal and plowing his freight train into a passenger train , killing 16 people .
|
metaphorical
|
cool
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
46,
50
] |
TroFi.o.298
|
Today 's slogan: `` The fever of war will not cool down while -LRB- Iraqi President -RRB- Saddam Hussein is in power . ''/''
|
literal
|
flying
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
44,
50
] |
TroFi.o.1684
|
In ground tests , parts keep fracturing and flying apart .
|
literal
|
killed
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
52,
58
] |
TroFi.o.1933
|
The latest truce in the week-old battle , which has killed 188 and injured 534 , was arranged by Syrian President Assad and Iranian President Khamenei .
|
literal
|
dancing
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
142,
149
] |
TroFi.o.410
|
This three-part `` Nature '' miniseries presents the history of the area and its amazingly rich flora and fauna , including bat-eared foxes , dancing ostriches , shrimp-eating flamingos and leaping bush babies .
|
literal
|
evaporates
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
110,
120
] |
TroFi.o.1048
|
As the water runs down , it leaches salt from the earth and carries it to the Mother of Poisons , where water evaporates in the searing sun , crystallizing the salt in a thick white crust on the surface .
|
literal
|
dissolve
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
37,
45
] |
TroFi.o.598
|
In theory , the new technique should dissolve blood clots with less risk of bleeding occurring in other parts of the body , as can happen with current clot dissolvers .
|
literal
|
rain
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
127,
131
] |
TroFi.o.2659
|
And , he says ominously , there is always the problem of what to do if the Army diverts water into the rivers and it starts to rain .
|
literal
|
killed
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
141,
147
] |
TroFi.o.1952
|
`` Fat and cowardly generals had a good chance of being kicked out ; company commanders who were n't any good have either been kicked out or killed in battle .
|
metaphorical
|
withering
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
186,
195
] |
TroFi.o.3731
|
Indeed , thanks to a well-oiled political machine and skilled manipulation of Panamanian nationalism and class rivalries , Gen. Noriega may well remain in charge for months , even under withering pressure from the U.S .
|
metaphorical
|
flourished
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
12,
22
] |
TroFi.o.1514
|
`` Pacifism flourished under absolute U.S. protection .
|
literal
|
flown
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
48,
53
] |
TroFi.o.1592
|
A revenue passenger mile is one paying customer flown one mile .
|
literal
|
planted
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
163,
170
] |
TroFi.o.2382
|
Kim Sang Up , a 51-year-old ginseng farmer here , says some of his 5 , 000 pyong of ginseng land are now as far as two hours from his house , and only 2 , 000 are planted in ginseng at any one time . -LRB- A pyong is about four square yards. -RRB-/-RRB-
|
metaphorical
|
dissolve
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
59,
67
] |
TroFi.o.592
|
Carl C. Icahn , Texaco Inc. 's major shareholder , sued to dissolve the company 's agreement with Pennzoil Co. that bars Pennzoil from supporting his reorganization plan for Texaco .
|
metaphorical
|
targeting
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
36,
45
] |
TroFi.o.3579
|
Carnival seems ahead of the pack in targeting younger customers .
|
metaphorical
|
pouring
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
29,
36
] |
TroFi.o.2568
|
`` As long as the rains come pouring down on our land , we have hope . ''/''
|
literal
|
destroy
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
81,
88
] |
TroFi.o.425
|
He testified that he was ordered by the Robins former general counsel in 1975 to destroy sensitive documents about the Dalkon Shield .
|
literal
|
flown
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
49,
54
] |
TroFi.o.1604
|
A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile .
|
metaphorical
|
destroyed
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
166,
175
] |
TroFi.o.470
|
Mr. Davis openly has a bone to pick with urban renewal , but this hardly seems a prejudice on his part: Urban renewal did in fact come into Fulton and systematically destroyed the old neighborhood , and there was n't anything subtle about it .
|
metaphorical
|
destroy
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
42,
49
] |
TroFi.o.438
|
There is n't any indication that it could destroy the AIDS virus itself .
|
metaphorical
|
dissolve
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
100,
108
] |
TroFi.o.606
|
The lighting is cool throughout ; the sets are wispily painted scenes of trees and a castle , which dissolve easily from exteriors to interiors .
|
metaphorical
|
stumbling
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
109,
118
] |
TroFi.o.3505
|
But , he suspects , something may be happening: a steady disillusionment with Mr. Bush that grows out of his stumbling explanations of his role in the Iran-Contra affair , `` his loss of grace under pressure '' with TV 's Dan Rather and other factors .
|
literal
|
planting
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
220,
228
] |
TroFi.o.2415
|
Just as the American romance with the English garden has come to full bloom and Americans finally are pronouncing Jekyll properly -- Jeekill -- we get reliable intimations of an infinitely droughty future and must begin planting against the imminent desertification of our Anglo-style gardens .
|
metaphorical
|
flourished
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
30,
40
] |
TroFi.o.1501
|
Christian and Jewish scholars flourished in the Moslem courts .
|
metaphorical
|
targeting
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
67,
76
] |
TroFi.o.3588
|
More sophisticated groups of pickpockets and scam artists are also targeting airports , police say .
|
literal
|
destroy
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
85,
92
] |
TroFi.o.424
|
He said incinerator temperatures of as much as 1 , 000 degrees Celsius are enough to destroy the mineral .
|
metaphorical
|
attack
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
164,
170
] |
TroFi.o.124
|
But critics complain that the blitz of big fines , which generally are settled for half or less of the proposed amount , was a bombastic gimmick that did little to attack the root problems of workplace illness and injury .
|
metaphorical
|
evaporated
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
69,
79
] |
TroFi.o.1036
|
Soviet fears that the U.S. would establish a naval base in Sri Lanka evaporated .
|
literal
|
cooled
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
36,
42
] |
TroFi.o.312
|
Home here is a 12-by-15-foot room , cooled by two portable fans and crowded with three beds and boxes of clothes .
|
literal
|
flew
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
8,
12
] |
TroFi.o.1390
|
Next it flew them -- in its corporate jet and accompanied by the company 's chairman , Joseph Williams -- to Anaheim , Calif . , where they spoke to a big cardiologists ' meeting .
|
metaphorical
|
stumbles
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
91,
99
] |
TroFi.o.3495
|
A sales representative , who is trying out as an announcer , first talks too slowly , then stumbles when asked to speed up .
|
metaphorical
|
planted
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
20,
27
] |
TroFi.o.2390
|
Next to it the firm planted a sign: `` Little things like this will never come between us . ''/''
|
literal
|
killed
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
9,
15
] |
TroFi.o.1931
|
The fire killed a building engineer trapped in an elevator and injured 40 custodial workers and firefighters .
|
literal
|
dissolve
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
82,
90
] |
TroFi.o.596
|
Eminase is given as a single injection over four to five minutes , but appears to dissolve blood clots effectively for several hours .
|
literal
|
kill
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
108,
112
] |
TroFi.o.1847
|
According to Mr. Gage , Mr. Mulheren later told police , several of whom are friends of his , that he would kill Messrs .
|
metaphorical
|
pump
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
32,
36
] |
TroFi.o.2588
|
Nevertheless , they continue to pump money into the market .
|
literal
|
pumping
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
13,
20
] |
TroFi.o.2648
|
The heart 's pumping power three weeks after treatment , as measured by the fraction of blood ejected with each heartbeat , was `` exactly the same '' -- 58 % for both groups , Dr. White said .
|
metaphorical
|
cool
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
116,
120
] |
TroFi.o.291
|
The Bank of England added that it is `` too early to be sure '' whether the British government 's recent efforts to cool down Britain 's overheated economy `` will prove sufficient to restore the economy to a sustainable path . ''/''
|
metaphorical
|
stumbling
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
204,
213
] |
TroFi.o.3514
|
While insiders at Time and Warner did n't rule out a resumption of talks , they acknowledged that difficulties in structuring a transaction and valuing the various assets of both companies have presented stumbling blocks .
|
metaphorical
|
besieged
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
29,
37
] |
TroFi.o.258
|
Ever since , Banner has been besieged by hundreds of thrill-seeking callers .
|
metaphorical
|
targeted
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
47,
55
] |
TroFi.o.3535
|
But to improve its profitability , it recently targeted mid-sized businesses as well .
|
literal
|
fly
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
164,
167
] |
TroFi.o.1633
|
As previously reported , Eastern , locked in a longstanding labor-management feud , has contracted with Orion Air , a unit of Primark Corp . , to provide pilots to fly Eastern aircraft should contract talks end in a strike .
|
metaphorical
|
sleep
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
8,
13
] |
TroFi.o.2956
|
I would sleep better knowing Dan Quayle was in the National Guard than on the national ticket .
|
literal
|
eat
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
75,
78
] |
TroFi.o.877
|
`` We encourage our people as much as we can to fly on United Airlines and eat Kellogg cereals , '' says Jack Ryan , executive vice president of Leo Burnett Co . , which also handles advertising for GM 's Oldsmobile division .
|
literal
|
flying
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
154,
160
] |
TroFi.o.1696
|
The U.S. also is considering whether to officially change its gulf policy of protecting only U.S.-flag ships , which consist mainly of 11 Kuwaiti tankers flying U.S. flags .
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literal
|
danced
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
7,
13
] |
TroFi.o.376
|
He tap-danced around the stage to his own falsetto and flopped to the floor to the accompaniment of his booming bass .
|
literal
|
dance
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
81,
86
] |
TroFi.o.369
|
`` Sam is one of a kind , '' Mr. Glass said , adding that he was n't `` going to dance the hula on Wall Street . ''/''
|
metaphorical
|
pouring
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
43,
50
] |
TroFi.o.2564
|
Thousands of delegates and reporters start pouring into the OMNI , soon to be featured in a Japanese horror movie with large flying insects winging out of the pods where Dan Rather and Peter Jennings are fighting the battle of the bores .
|
literal
|
drink
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
274,
279
] |
TroFi.o.778
|
Stealthies like Capt. Marvel , Bill Sweetman , John Andrews and Sam Jones are , nevertheless , a patriotic lot who aim to get as close as possible without breaching national security in pursuit of their passion . -LRB- They are aware that the most fanatic Stealth followers drink their vodka straight. -RRB-/-RRB-
|
literal
|
flying
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
111,
117
] |
TroFi.o.1676
|
Eastern 's cutbacks have benefited Continental in other ways , the affidavit claims: Roughly 4 % of Eastern 's flying capacity competes with Continental , it says , compared with 9.3 % in January 1987 .
|
literal
|
attacked
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
199,
207
] |
TroFi.o.168
|
I arrived in Vietnam in early 1968 , as green as the beret I wore , and was assigned to the Special Forces `` A '' team that had the dubious distinction , two weeks later , of being one of the first attacked during the Tet offensive .
|
metaphorical
|
flooded
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
69,
76
] |
TroFi.o.1405
|
Carole Pfeffer put an ad seeking them in a trade publication and was flooded with close to 1 , 000 pictures .
|
literal
|
flew
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
36,
40
] |
TroFi.o.1385
|
He added , `` Hal -LRB- Riney -RRB- flew into Miami this morning and offered us certain reassurances about the relationship that led us to the decision . ''/''
|
literal
|
destroying
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
64,
74
] |
TroFi.o.504
|
Conjoining them is like pounding square pegs into round holes , destroying the superconductors ' ability to conduct large electrical current without resistance -- their hallmark and the source of commercial excitement about them .
|
metaphorical
|
targeted
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
35,
43
] |
TroFi.o.3550
|
One reason for success: Proponents targeted only companies held largely by institutions , says John Wilcox of proxy solicitor Georgeson & Co .
|
literal
|
melts
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
51,
56
] |
TroFi.o.2211
|
Chaparral is a mini-mill only in the sense that it melts scrap in electric furnaces , a type of operation that has made steady headway in the U.S. as the huge facilities that employ coke and iron ore and the traditional blast furnaces have declined .
|
metaphorical
|
stumbled
|
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
|
[
29,
37
] |
TroFi.o.3492
|
The once high-flying company stumbled in 1986 when competition intensified in the mainframe market , and it has been revamping its product line since then .
|
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