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metaphorical	attacking	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 48, 57 ]	TroFi.o.237	Then two industry trade groups sued the state , attacking the lemon law 's constitutionality .
metaphorical	plowed	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 42, 48 ]	TroFi.o.2475	The plane 's landing gear collapsed as it plowed through the soft earth at the end of the runway .
metaphorical	flooded	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 172, 179 ]	TroFi.o.1442	The vice president 's confrontation with Mr. Rather also has raised further questions about the media 's performance this political season , as CBS and its affiliates were flooded with phone calls , mostly critical of Mr. Rather .
literal	drink	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 223, 228 ]	TroFi.o.776	Seated in the bar of the Member 's Club -- horse-racing prints on the wall , piano tinkling softly , ladies from the Jewish Community Club gathering for luncheon -- Mr. Redmond is astonished to be told that Venezuelans now drink more `` national whiskey '' than 12-year-old scotch .
literal	planting	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 79, 87 ]	TroFi.o.2419	The Agriculture Department is scheduled to report Thursday on farmers ' spring planting intentions .
metaphorical	sleep	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 59, 64 ]	TroFi.o.2944	At Bobby 's house she is forthright in saying she wants to sleep with him ; why is she then accused of being devious ?
literal	flying	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 46, 52 ]	TroFi.o.1671	But are airports being used by people who are flying more often -- or by people who simply are taking more connections ?
literal	sleep	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 88, 93 ]	TroFi.o.2953	Her daughter demanded that she keep silent , telling her , `` You wo n't have a home to sleep in if you say anything about this . ''/''
literal	eating	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 15, 21 ]	TroFi.o.895	They should be eating chocolate cake , instead they are bleeding from their souls . ''/''
metaphorical	withered	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 49, 57 ]	TroFi.o.3719	Mr. Galvin 's interest in the condo subsequently withered .
metaphorical	sleeping	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 118, 126 ]	TroFi.o.2989	He has tried to convince the public his company is n't , in his words , `` a nice building on the park with everybody sleeping inside . ''/''
literal	planted	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 54, 61 ]	TroFi.o.2373	Farmers in Kansas , the No. 1 wheat-producing state , planted 10.2 million acres , the smallest since 1971 .
literal	flew	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 17, 21 ]	TroFi.o.1389	Mr. Paulson also flew over China .
metaphorical	targeted	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 72, 80 ]	TroFi.o.3569	Unions representing reporters and press operators also are likely to be targeted , union sources said .
literal	rains	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 58, 63 ]	TroFi.o.2699	One of their favorite songs has the line: `` It rains and rains Until the stones will break . ''/''
metaphorical	targeting	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 9, 18 ]	TroFi.o.3582	Heinz is targeting such countries as Germany , France and Portugal for growth in anticipation of the European Community 's plan to eliminate trade barriers within the 12-nation trading bloc by the end of 1992 , the spokesman added .
metaphorical	attacked	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 10, 18 ]	TroFi.o.205	The virus attacked Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago starting at 11:54 p.m. EST Wednesday and throughout the night .
metaphorical	dissolved	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 202, 211 ]	TroFi.o.636	This relationship will be characterized by caution and hard-nosed realism about mutual interests , say Soviet and Chinese officials , rather than by the euphoria and stifling closeness of the past that dissolved into suspicion and then bitter border clashes in the l960s .
literal	dancing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 113, 120 ]	TroFi.o.404	Set up on a strobe-lighted stage , Barbie and her buddies appear to move all by themselves , holding guitars and dancing up a storm amid flashing blue and pink lights .
metaphorical	kill	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 31, 35 ]	TroFi.o.1857	Gov. Roemer 's first effort to kill 125 panels outright died in the legislature earlier this year .
metaphorical	evaporate	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 182, 191 ]	TroFi.o.1012	One lamenter of impeccable credentials is Peter G. Peterson , who in a recent Atlantic complains that we have let our infrastructure crumble , our productivity dwindle , our savings evaporate and our foreign markets dwindle .
metaphorical	attacked	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 122, 130 ]	TroFi.o.197	Similar in appearance and texture to petroleum-based plastics , the plastic decomposes into water and carbon dioxide when attacked by certain enzymes in the soil .
metaphorical	pumped	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 100, 106 ]	TroFi.o.2613	The case makes New York state seem almost ungrateful for the way it responded to a federal law that pumped $ 675 million of Uncle Sam 's funds into 21 troubled New York thrifts a few years ago .
metaphorical	cool	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 55, 59 ]	TroFi.o.300	While the 17 male supers who play guards and courtiers cool our heels , we are shoehorned into a room 15 feet square , reading newspapers and exchanging small talk .
literal	attacking	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 14, 23 ]	TroFi.o.220	Insects begin attacking the snags almost immediately after a fire , and the charred trunks are likely to be toppled by the wind .
metaphorical	targeting	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 40, 49 ]	TroFi.o.3604	`` The Japanese have shown a talent for targeting a sector of technology , while U.S. industry plays a game of takeover and restructure , '' Mr. Quigg said .
literal	killed	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 89, 95 ]	TroFi.o.1904	It concluded that some 9 % of the population , or 1.5 million people , probably has been killed .
metaphorical	eats	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 8, 12 ]	TroFi.o.904	It just eats your soul . ''/''
literal	flying	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 122, 128 ]	TroFi.o.1690	Poor Roger , however , gets zapped and bammed and splatted over and over again , ending up on the floor with little birds flying around his head .
metaphorical	pumping	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 236, 243 ]	TroFi.o.2655	Union Carbide announced after the market closed May 18 , a Wednesday , that it was cutting its quarterly dividend by 46 % and that it would offer 15 million new common shares as a means of reducing the company 's heavy debt load and of pumping more cash into the operation .
metaphorical	besieged	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 16, 24 ]	TroFi.o.260	LAW SCHOOLS are besieged by applicants , after a five-year slump .
metaphorical	pours	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 142, 147 ]	TroFi.o.2578	She is a spellbinding , handsome Valkyrie , and if her upper body strength is rather stronger than her upper register , the rich middle range pours out like liquid amber .
literal	eating	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 108, 114 ]	TroFi.o.883	He added that the hotel was `` safe enough for you , maybe , but you can understand my own misgivings about eating here . ''/''
metaphorical	stumbled	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 38, 46 ]	TroFi.o.3457	After an initial advance , the market stumbled briefly as investors responded to its strength by taking profits .
literal	rain	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 22, 26 ]	TroFi.o.2668	`` It ai n't going to rain . ''/''
metaphorical	cool	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 55, 59 ]	TroFi.o.289	Some U.S. officials believe that in time emotions will cool , and necessity once more will draw Iran toward normalizing relations with the U.S .
literal	drank	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 112, 117 ]	TroFi.o.742	His father , a bootlegger and dance-hall operator , shot and killed his own brother in self-defense , and later drank himself to death .
literal	melting	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 34, 41 ]	TroFi.o.2197	And now that the winter snows are melting along the Indo-Chinese border in the Himalayas , tension between the two Asian rivals is again rising .
literal	planted	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 61, 68 ]	TroFi.o.2402	The government wo n't estimate the condition of the recently planted corn and soybean crops until August .
metaphorical	stumble	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 44, 51 ]	TroFi.o.3456	`` Our view is that the economy is going to stumble and stagger through 1988 , '' he said , `` and then we think the best bet is that we 'll slip into a recession in 1989 . ''/''
literal	slept	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 148, 153 ]	TroFi.o.3013	In separate incidents in the past few weeks , Israelis are being held in connection with the burning to death of three Palestinian laborers as they slept near a building site near Tel Aviv .
metaphorical	plowed	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 94, 100 ]	TroFi.o.2459	As the two paddled along , a fast-moving motorized water scooter driven by a six-year-old boy plowed into them , killing Mrs. Simpson .
literal	sleep	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 44, 49 ]	TroFi.o.2966	Smokers are more likely than non-smokers to sleep less than six hours daily , skip breakfast , be physically inactive and be heavier drinkers , according to the National Center for Health Statistics .
literal	eat	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 25, 28 ]	TroFi.o.852	Moreover , I have yet to eat a pizza that did n't leave the top of my mouth burned for several days afterward .
metaphorical	flourish	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 105, 113 ]	TroFi.o.1491	The calm way in which she discards some of the more unlikely legends and willful misinterpretations that flourish among Bronte scholars is admirable .
metaphorical	withered	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 86, 94 ]	TroFi.o.3716	It is that whatever tendencies any of them might have to talk turkey to the voters is withered by the clear evidence that the voters are not yet ready to hear it .
literal	drink	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 24, 29 ]	TroFi.o.793	`` Young adults tend to drink beer more for refreshment than any kind of connoisseur taste , '' he says .
metaphorical	killing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 121, 128 ]	TroFi.o.1970	The writers ' strike forced CBS Inc. yesterday to delay the debut of its critical fall season until the end of October , killing the third-place network 's plan for a head start on its rivals .
literal	destroy	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 127, 134 ]	TroFi.o.416	A virus is a computer program , often hidden in apparently normal computer software , that instructs the computer to change or destroy information at a given time or after a certain sequence of commands .
metaphorical	flourish	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 57, 65 ]	TroFi.o.1471	As a sport , though , sea kayaking suddenly has begun to flourish on both coasts of North America and far beyond , to the point where you can take sea kayak tours in such wet Edens as Belize , Baja California , Puerto Rico , Hawaii , Fiji , Tonga , the Maldive Islands and Patagonia , or go on `` full-moon paddles '' off the star-strewn beaches of Malibu , where I first took the plunge .
metaphorical	flourishes	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 53, 63 ]	TroFi.o.1515	A giant bank , once rumored to be failing , suddenly flourishes .
literal	attacked	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 17, 25 ]	TroFi.o.180	Iranian gunboats attacked an Indian tanker in the Persian Gulf , setting the vessel ablaze and wounding at least one crew member , gulf-based shipping executives reported .
metaphorical	dissolved	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 47, 56 ]	TroFi.o.610	A merger accord between Braniff and Pan Am was dissolved after Braniff failed to get sufficient cost concessions from Pan Am unions .
metaphorical	besieged	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 63, 71 ]	TroFi.o.270	`` USA Today , '' in only its fifth week on the air , has been besieged by lackluster ratings , savage reviews , rumors -- fed by competitors -- that the show will be canceled , and a spate of new rival programs aimed at replacing it .
metaphorical	attack	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 134, 140 ]	TroFi.o.130	He said he intends to push the party to endorse raising the top personal-income-tax rate , perhaps to 38 % from the current 28 % , to attack the federal deficit accumulated during the Reagan years .
metaphorical	cool	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 127, 131 ]	TroFi.o.286	Pakistan has served as a conduit for U.S. aid to Afghan rebels , but the settlement may cause its relations with Washington to cool .
metaphorical	rained	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 139, 145 ]	TroFi.o.2677	In fact , the current drought-driven frenzy in commodity prices is already tantalizing traders with reminders of the windfall profits that rained on them when commodity prices soared in 1973 to record levels and rebounded again in 1977 .
metaphorical	flourished	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 25, 35 ]	TroFi.o.1502	Escapism is said to have flourished .
metaphorical	attacking	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 114, 123 ]	TroFi.o.245	`` The big question is whether the pest problems are happening by themselves or whether opportunistic insects are attacking weakened trees , '' said David Marvin , a maple syrup producer in Johnson , Vt .
metaphorical	pouring	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 138, 145 ]	TroFi.o.2551	In buying CIT , Manufacturers repeated some of its missteps of its Third World and other lending , adopting a modish banking strategy and pouring proportionately more resources into it than competitors did .
metaphorical	targeting	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 24, 33 ]	TroFi.o.3601	Xoma , for example , is targeting T-4 cells to combat certain diseases associated with bone marrow transplants .
literal	attacked	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 103, 111 ]	TroFi.o.181	It is to this purpose that SDI laser technology can be uniquely directed , where moving targets can be attacked almost immediately after they are detected .
metaphorical	flourishing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 144, 155 ]	TroFi.o.1523	China , also an ally of North Korea , is sure to come , and `` unofficial '' trade with Beijing , despite the lack of diplomatic relations , is flourishing .
metaphorical	dissolved	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 116, 125 ]	TroFi.o.613	But in the intervening years , so much criticism has been poured upon Chamberlain 's failed policies that they have dissolved into caricature .
metaphorical	pumped	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 208, 214 ]	TroFi.o.2610	Regardless of the election outcome , the towering federal deficit means the next president will inherit a flat defense budget and a far different defense climate than the one President Reagan enjoyed when he pumped up Pentagon spending virtually overnight in 1981 .
literal	pouring	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 98, 105 ]	TroFi.o.2570	`` She 's only had the chance to practice her conviction politics because the other side has been pouring paraffin over themselves and putting matches to it in front of the television cameras at routine intervals . ''/''
metaphorical	cool	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 101, 105 ]	TroFi.o.297	There is suspicion in U.S. industry and government that the latest effort is a political exercise to cool American complaints about subsidies and avert a trade war .
metaphorical	stumbles	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 26, 34 ]	TroFi.o.3496	But Arkansas Gov. Clinton stumbles with his long-winded nominating speech .
literal	eating	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 150, 156 ]	TroFi.o.885	His brother Woody , who 's worth $ 100 million , is a grotesque 250-pound alcoholic moron who spends his time watching Arnold Schwarzenegger movies , eating peanuts , and floating stark naked on a rubber raft in his indoor swimming pool listening to favorites from `` My Fair Lady . '' -LRB- He also has raped and assaulted a showgirl. -RRB-/-RRB-
literal	pumping	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 77, 84 ]	TroFi.o.2642	Other investigators say faulty idling valves can make cars surge by suddenly pumping extra air into the engines .
literal	dance	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 231, 236 ]	TroFi.o.358	Indeed , the musical 's whole point is expressed through a single climactic , apocalyptic number called `` Rockland , '' in which the cast , suddenly dressed in hip , punky clothes , leather jackets and army fatigues , sings `` We dance together in a bar to the same creeping sense of ennui . ''/''
literal	dissolve	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 62, 70 ]	TroFi.o.583	A few aspirin facts: Aspirin tablets take up to 20 minutes to dissolve in your stomach .
literal	plowed	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 3, 9 ]	TroFi.o.2465	He plowed afoot behind a mule , picked cotton and hoed peanuts .
literal	rain	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 24, 28 ]	TroFi.o.2661	But I could n't make it rain . ''/''
metaphorical	flying	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 256, 262 ]	TroFi.o.1688	Not surprisingly , Helsinki is most appealing when things are kept Finnish , be it architecture , artifacts or sailors . -LRB- Finnish sailors , who train on one of Helsinki 's bucolic islands , sport blond hair , tans and jaunty white caps that look like flying saucers. -RRB-/-RRB-
metaphorical	besieged	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 200, 208 ]	TroFi.o.257	Democratic candidates are plagued by confusion over the lessons of Vietnam , reluctant to take on new military obligations , troubled by the buildup in American military power in the Reagan years and besieged here in Iowa by interest groups assailing even the current level of U.S. engagements .
metaphorical	dissolves	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 27, 36 ]	TroFi.o.639	An initially orderly crowd dissolves into a melee of people swapping pins , Frisbees , and bubble gum .
literal	stumbled	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 48, 56 ]	TroFi.o.3475	In 1813 , a Welsh missionary named Thomas Jones stumbled across the hills into Meghalaya and began pushing the native Khasis , who today make up half the population , along the rocky path toward modernization and Christianity .
metaphorical	vaporized	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 230, 239 ]	TroFi.o.3696	A `` guide to business technique , '' yes ; the `` autobiography '' of a tycoon , sure ; a volume of `` management tips , '' you bet ; but to hear the publishing world tell it , the vulgar GRQ book is a thing of the past , having vaporized like those screwy financial schemes cooked up by the likes of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton .
metaphorical	besieged	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 97, 105 ]	TroFi.o.266	The picture painted in the annual report shows one of the nation 's largest banking corporations besieged by problems that it seems unable to control .
metaphorical	flooded	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 93, 100 ]	TroFi.o.1401	But after the proposal was announced , members of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association flooded Congress and the FAA with 80 , 000 letters -- a record number for an aviation issue .
metaphorical	flooded	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 56, 63 ]	TroFi.o.1415	Meanwhile , state and private testing laboratories were flooded with thousands of grain samples as merchants and farmers sought reassurance that their commodities were safe .
literal	killed	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 161, 167 ]	TroFi.o.1907	Last Tuesday , a federal jury in Akron , Ohio said it could n't identify a defect that could have caused an Audi 5000 to suddenly accelerate in an accident that killed a six-year-old boy .
metaphorical	dissolved	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 99, 108 ]	TroFi.o.627	So , as the team investigating the disaster homed in on two top generals , on May 27 President Zia dissolved the civilian side of the government , alleging the civilians were corrupt and that Pakistan needed more religion .
metaphorical	poured	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 74, 80 ]	TroFi.o.2521	Among other things , that would free up more of Moscow 's resources to be poured into the continuing expansion of the Soviet Pacific fleet and military facilities like Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay .
literal	killing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 80, 87 ]	TroFi.o.1965	In November , North Korean agents blew up a Korean airliner en route to Seoul , killing all 115 people aboard .
literal	dances	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 94, 100 ]	TroFi.o.389	In the third `` mansion , '' the lascivious emperor , Diocletian -LRB- Patrick Dupond -RRB- , dances a pas de deux with the youth and then repeats it , almost step for step , with the queen .
metaphorical	flourished	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 29, 39 ]	TroFi.o.1503	For starters , factoring has flourished because many merchants are so willing to do it for a share of the telemarketer 's proceeds .
metaphorical	flourishing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 15, 26 ]	TroFi.o.1527	McDonald 's is flourishing in 11 other nations in the region .
literal	dances	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 182, 188 ]	TroFi.o.392	`` I have undergraduate degrees in chemistry and marketing , but I 'm going to law school in the fall and I hope this will pay for it , '' says Sasha , who wears eyeglasses when she dances . -LRB- `` These glasses are fake , '' she explains .
literal	sleep	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 107, 112 ]	TroFi.o.2939	A cot in the studio , coupled with the play of entire compact disks , provides him with the opportunity to sleep ; his longest snooze so far is 15 minutes .
literal	plant	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 30, 35 ]	TroFi.o.2352	Durum wheat farmers expect to plant 3.7 million acres , up 12 % from last year , while spring wheat plantings are expected to total 12.8 million acres , down 7 % .
literal	dancing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 17, 24 ]	TroFi.o.408	Then watch women dancing nude at Tattletales , a blue-collar strip joint down the road with trucks outside and a Welcome Democrats sign on the roof .
metaphorical	targeted	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 92, 100 ]	TroFi.o.3561	The number of annual inspections remains unchanged , however , mainly because many more are targeted on the construction industry , where inspections require fewer manhours than they do in manufacturing .
literal	melting	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 233, 240 ]	TroFi.o.2210	There were kimono-clad waitresses , a couple of hundred men in blue suits , name cards , whiskey , little sushi bars and noodle stands along the walls , chefs with puff hats , piles of shrimp and meat , and an ice sculpture , slowly melting , as a centerpiece .
metaphorical	vaporizing	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 133, 143 ]	TroFi.o.3699	In one spectacular 508-point swan dive Oct. 19 , the industrial average crashed back to the level it first surpassed in March 1986 , vaporizing the stunning advances of the intervening months -- along with many investors ' paper profits .
literal	destroy	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 287, 294 ]	TroFi.o.436	The indictment also charges that Mr. Frankel , 32 , and Mr. Yagoda , 44 , committed perjury and obstruction of justice when they testified before the SEC in 1986 , and that Mr. Frankel further attempted to obstruct the SEC 's investigation when he directed a co-conspirator at Drexel to destroy certain documents .
literal	fly	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 85, 88 ]	TroFi.o.1643	He is part of a growing air force of amateur aces around the country who rebuild and fly aging warplanes , indulging in weekend flights of fantasy like Mr. Deakins 's Battle of Stuart . -LRB- He won , he says , by keeping Mr. Stephenson , 48 , in his gun sights for 10 seconds ; the planes are unarmed .
metaphorical	cooled	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 111, 117 ]	TroFi.o.306	Business confidence remains buoyant despite the October market crash , according to the survey , though it has cooled somewhat since the previous poll .
literal	fly	TroFi_ORIGSPLIT	[ 52, 55 ]	TroFi.o.1631	Armand Hammer , chairman of Occidental , planned to fly to Scotland to check out the situation for himself .

metaphorical

attacking

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 48, 57 ]

TroFi.o.237

Then two industry trade groups sued the state , attacking the lemon law 's constitutionality .

metaphorical

plowed

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 42, 48 ]

TroFi.o.2475

The plane 's landing gear collapsed as it plowed through the soft earth at the end of the runway .

metaphorical

flooded

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 172, 179 ]

TroFi.o.1442

The vice president 's confrontation with Mr. Rather also has raised further questions about the media 's performance this political season , as CBS and its affiliates were flooded with phone calls , mostly critical of Mr. Rather .

literal

drink

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 223, 228 ]

TroFi.o.776

Seated in the bar of the Member 's Club -- horse-racing prints on the wall , piano tinkling softly , ladies from the Jewish Community Club gathering for luncheon -- Mr. Redmond is astonished to be told that Venezuelans now drink more `` national whiskey '' than 12-year-old scotch .

literal

planting

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 79, 87 ]

TroFi.o.2419

The Agriculture Department is scheduled to report Thursday on farmers ' spring planting intentions .

metaphorical

sleep

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 59, 64 ]

TroFi.o.2944

At Bobby 's house she is forthright in saying she wants to sleep with him ; why is she then accused of being devious ?

literal

flying

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 46, 52 ]

TroFi.o.1671

But are airports being used by people who are flying more often -- or by people who simply are taking more connections ?

literal

sleep

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 88, 93 ]

TroFi.o.2953

Her daughter demanded that she keep silent , telling her , `` You wo n't have a home to sleep in if you say anything about this . ''/''

literal

eating

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 15, 21 ]

TroFi.o.895

They should be eating chocolate cake , instead they are bleeding from their souls . ''/''

metaphorical

withered

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 49, 57 ]

TroFi.o.3719

Mr. Galvin 's interest in the condo subsequently withered .

metaphorical

sleeping

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 118, 126 ]

TroFi.o.2989

He has tried to convince the public his company is n't , in his words , `` a nice building on the park with everybody sleeping inside . ''/''

literal

planted

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 54, 61 ]

TroFi.o.2373

Farmers in Kansas , the No. 1 wheat-producing state , planted 10.2 million acres , the smallest since 1971 .

literal

flew

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 17, 21 ]

TroFi.o.1389

Mr. Paulson also flew over China .

metaphorical

targeted

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 72, 80 ]

TroFi.o.3569

Unions representing reporters and press operators also are likely to be targeted , union sources said .

literal

rains

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 58, 63 ]

TroFi.o.2699

One of their favorite songs has the line: `` It rains and rains Until the stones will break . ''/''

metaphorical

targeting

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 9, 18 ]

TroFi.o.3582

Heinz is targeting such countries as Germany , France and Portugal for growth in anticipation of the European Community 's plan to eliminate trade barriers within the 12-nation trading bloc by the end of 1992 , the spokesman added .

metaphorical

attacked

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 10, 18 ]

TroFi.o.205

The virus attacked Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago starting at 11:54 p.m. EST Wednesday and throughout the night .

metaphorical

dissolved

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 202, 211 ]

TroFi.o.636

This relationship will be characterized by caution and hard-nosed realism about mutual interests , say Soviet and Chinese officials , rather than by the euphoria and stifling closeness of the past that dissolved into suspicion and then bitter border clashes in the l960s .

literal

dancing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 113, 120 ]

TroFi.o.404

Set up on a strobe-lighted stage , Barbie and her buddies appear to move all by themselves , holding guitars and dancing up a storm amid flashing blue and pink lights .

metaphorical

kill

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 31, 35 ]

TroFi.o.1857

Gov. Roemer 's first effort to kill 125 panels outright died in the legislature earlier this year .

metaphorical

evaporate

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 182, 191 ]

TroFi.o.1012

One lamenter of impeccable credentials is Peter G. Peterson , who in a recent Atlantic complains that we have let our infrastructure crumble , our productivity dwindle , our savings evaporate and our foreign markets dwindle .

metaphorical

attacked

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 122, 130 ]

TroFi.o.197

Similar in appearance and texture to petroleum-based plastics , the plastic decomposes into water and carbon dioxide when attacked by certain enzymes in the soil .

metaphorical

pumped

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 100, 106 ]

TroFi.o.2613

The case makes New York state seem almost ungrateful for the way it responded to a federal law that pumped $ 675 million of Uncle Sam 's funds into 21 troubled New York thrifts a few years ago .

metaphorical

cool

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 55, 59 ]

TroFi.o.300

While the 17 male supers who play guards and courtiers cool our heels , we are shoehorned into a room 15 feet square , reading newspapers and exchanging small talk .

literal

attacking

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 14, 23 ]

TroFi.o.220

Insects begin attacking the snags almost immediately after a fire , and the charred trunks are likely to be toppled by the wind .

metaphorical

targeting

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 40, 49 ]

TroFi.o.3604

`` The Japanese have shown a talent for targeting a sector of technology , while U.S. industry plays a game of takeover and restructure , '' Mr. Quigg said .

literal

killed

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 89, 95 ]

TroFi.o.1904

It concluded that some 9 % of the population , or 1.5 million people , probably has been killed .

metaphorical

eats

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 8, 12 ]

TroFi.o.904

It just eats your soul . ''/''

literal

flying

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 122, 128 ]

TroFi.o.1690

Poor Roger , however , gets zapped and bammed and splatted over and over again , ending up on the floor with little birds flying around his head .

metaphorical

pumping

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 236, 243 ]

TroFi.o.2655

Union Carbide announced after the market closed May 18 , a Wednesday , that it was cutting its quarterly dividend by 46 % and that it would offer 15 million new common shares as a means of reducing the company 's heavy debt load and of pumping more cash into the operation .

metaphorical

besieged

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 16, 24 ]

TroFi.o.260

LAW SCHOOLS are besieged by applicants , after a five-year slump .

metaphorical

pours

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 142, 147 ]

TroFi.o.2578

She is a spellbinding , handsome Valkyrie , and if her upper body strength is rather stronger than her upper register , the rich middle range pours out like liquid amber .

literal

eating

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 108, 114 ]

TroFi.o.883

He added that the hotel was `` safe enough for you , maybe , but you can understand my own misgivings about eating here . ''/''

metaphorical

stumbled

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 38, 46 ]

TroFi.o.3457

After an initial advance , the market stumbled briefly as investors responded to its strength by taking profits .

literal

rain

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 22, 26 ]

TroFi.o.2668

`` It ai n't going to rain . ''/''

metaphorical

cool

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 55, 59 ]

TroFi.o.289

Some U.S. officials believe that in time emotions will cool , and necessity once more will draw Iran toward normalizing relations with the U.S .

literal

drank

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 112, 117 ]

TroFi.o.742

His father , a bootlegger and dance-hall operator , shot and killed his own brother in self-defense , and later drank himself to death .

literal

melting

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 34, 41 ]

TroFi.o.2197

And now that the winter snows are melting along the Indo-Chinese border in the Himalayas , tension between the two Asian rivals is again rising .

literal

planted

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 61, 68 ]

TroFi.o.2402

The government wo n't estimate the condition of the recently planted corn and soybean crops until August .

metaphorical

stumble

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 44, 51 ]

TroFi.o.3456

`` Our view is that the economy is going to stumble and stagger through 1988 , '' he said , `` and then we think the best bet is that we 'll slip into a recession in 1989 . ''/''

literal

slept

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 148, 153 ]

TroFi.o.3013

In separate incidents in the past few weeks , Israelis are being held in connection with the burning to death of three Palestinian laborers as they slept near a building site near Tel Aviv .

metaphorical

plowed

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 94, 100 ]

TroFi.o.2459

As the two paddled along , a fast-moving motorized water scooter driven by a six-year-old boy plowed into them , killing Mrs. Simpson .

literal

sleep

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 44, 49 ]

TroFi.o.2966

Smokers are more likely than non-smokers to sleep less than six hours daily , skip breakfast , be physically inactive and be heavier drinkers , according to the National Center for Health Statistics .

literal

eat

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 25, 28 ]

TroFi.o.852

Moreover , I have yet to eat a pizza that did n't leave the top of my mouth burned for several days afterward .

metaphorical

flourish

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 105, 113 ]

TroFi.o.1491

The calm way in which she discards some of the more unlikely legends and willful misinterpretations that flourish among Bronte scholars is admirable .

metaphorical

withered

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 86, 94 ]

TroFi.o.3716

It is that whatever tendencies any of them might have to talk turkey to the voters is withered by the clear evidence that the voters are not yet ready to hear it .

literal

drink

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 24, 29 ]

TroFi.o.793

`` Young adults tend to drink beer more for refreshment than any kind of connoisseur taste , '' he says .

metaphorical

killing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 121, 128 ]

TroFi.o.1970

The writers ' strike forced CBS Inc. yesterday to delay the debut of its critical fall season until the end of October , killing the third-place network 's plan for a head start on its rivals .

literal

destroy

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 127, 134 ]

TroFi.o.416

A virus is a computer program , often hidden in apparently normal computer software , that instructs the computer to change or destroy information at a given time or after a certain sequence of commands .

metaphorical

flourish

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 57, 65 ]

TroFi.o.1471

As a sport , though , sea kayaking suddenly has begun to flourish on both coasts of North America and far beyond , to the point where you can take sea kayak tours in such wet Edens as Belize , Baja California , Puerto Rico , Hawaii , Fiji , Tonga , the Maldive Islands and Patagonia , or go on `` full-moon paddles '' off the star-strewn beaches of Malibu , where I first took the plunge .

metaphorical

flourishes

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 53, 63 ]

TroFi.o.1515

A giant bank , once rumored to be failing , suddenly flourishes .

literal

attacked

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 17, 25 ]

TroFi.o.180

Iranian gunboats attacked an Indian tanker in the Persian Gulf , setting the vessel ablaze and wounding at least one crew member , gulf-based shipping executives reported .

metaphorical

dissolved

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 47, 56 ]

TroFi.o.610

A merger accord between Braniff and Pan Am was dissolved after Braniff failed to get sufficient cost concessions from Pan Am unions .

metaphorical

besieged

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 63, 71 ]

TroFi.o.270

`` USA Today , '' in only its fifth week on the air , has been besieged by lackluster ratings , savage reviews , rumors -- fed by competitors -- that the show will be canceled , and a spate of new rival programs aimed at replacing it .

metaphorical

attack

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 134, 140 ]

TroFi.o.130

He said he intends to push the party to endorse raising the top personal-income-tax rate , perhaps to 38 % from the current 28 % , to attack the federal deficit accumulated during the Reagan years .

metaphorical

cool

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 127, 131 ]

TroFi.o.286

Pakistan has served as a conduit for U.S. aid to Afghan rebels , but the settlement may cause its relations with Washington to cool .

metaphorical

rained

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 139, 145 ]

TroFi.o.2677

In fact , the current drought-driven frenzy in commodity prices is already tantalizing traders with reminders of the windfall profits that rained on them when commodity prices soared in 1973 to record levels and rebounded again in 1977 .

metaphorical

flourished

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 25, 35 ]

TroFi.o.1502

Escapism is said to have flourished .

metaphorical

attacking

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 114, 123 ]

TroFi.o.245

`` The big question is whether the pest problems are happening by themselves or whether opportunistic insects are attacking weakened trees , '' said David Marvin , a maple syrup producer in Johnson , Vt .

metaphorical

pouring

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 138, 145 ]

TroFi.o.2551

In buying CIT , Manufacturers repeated some of its missteps of its Third World and other lending , adopting a modish banking strategy and pouring proportionately more resources into it than competitors did .

metaphorical

targeting

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 24, 33 ]

TroFi.o.3601

Xoma , for example , is targeting T-4 cells to combat certain diseases associated with bone marrow transplants .

literal

attacked

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 103, 111 ]

TroFi.o.181

It is to this purpose that SDI laser technology can be uniquely directed , where moving targets can be attacked almost immediately after they are detected .

metaphorical

flourishing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 144, 155 ]

TroFi.o.1523

China , also an ally of North Korea , is sure to come , and `` unofficial '' trade with Beijing , despite the lack of diplomatic relations , is flourishing .

metaphorical

dissolved

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 116, 125 ]

TroFi.o.613

But in the intervening years , so much criticism has been poured upon Chamberlain 's failed policies that they have dissolved into caricature .

metaphorical

pumped

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 208, 214 ]

TroFi.o.2610

Regardless of the election outcome , the towering federal deficit means the next president will inherit a flat defense budget and a far different defense climate than the one President Reagan enjoyed when he pumped up Pentagon spending virtually overnight in 1981 .

literal

pouring

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 98, 105 ]

TroFi.o.2570

`` She 's only had the chance to practice her conviction politics because the other side has been pouring paraffin over themselves and putting matches to it in front of the television cameras at routine intervals . ''/''

metaphorical

cool

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 101, 105 ]

TroFi.o.297

There is suspicion in U.S. industry and government that the latest effort is a political exercise to cool American complaints about subsidies and avert a trade war .

metaphorical

stumbles

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 26, 34 ]

TroFi.o.3496

But Arkansas Gov. Clinton stumbles with his long-winded nominating speech .

literal

eating

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 150, 156 ]

TroFi.o.885

His brother Woody , who 's worth $ 100 million , is a grotesque 250-pound alcoholic moron who spends his time watching Arnold Schwarzenegger movies , eating peanuts , and floating stark naked on a rubber raft in his indoor swimming pool listening to favorites from `` My Fair Lady . '' -LRB- He also has raped and assaulted a showgirl. -RRB-/-RRB-

literal

pumping

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 77, 84 ]

TroFi.o.2642

Other investigators say faulty idling valves can make cars surge by suddenly pumping extra air into the engines .

literal

dance

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 231, 236 ]

TroFi.o.358

Indeed , the musical 's whole point is expressed through a single climactic , apocalyptic number called `` Rockland , '' in which the cast , suddenly dressed in hip , punky clothes , leather jackets and army fatigues , sings `` We dance together in a bar to the same creeping sense of ennui . ''/''

literal

dissolve

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 62, 70 ]

TroFi.o.583

A few aspirin facts: Aspirin tablets take up to 20 minutes to dissolve in your stomach .

literal

plowed

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 3, 9 ]

TroFi.o.2465

He plowed afoot behind a mule , picked cotton and hoed peanuts .

literal

rain

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 24, 28 ]

TroFi.o.2661

But I could n't make it rain . ''/''

metaphorical

flying

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 256, 262 ]

TroFi.o.1688

Not surprisingly , Helsinki is most appealing when things are kept Finnish , be it architecture , artifacts or sailors . -LRB- Finnish sailors , who train on one of Helsinki 's bucolic islands , sport blond hair , tans and jaunty white caps that look like flying saucers. -RRB-/-RRB-

metaphorical

besieged

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 200, 208 ]

TroFi.o.257

Democratic candidates are plagued by confusion over the lessons of Vietnam , reluctant to take on new military obligations , troubled by the buildup in American military power in the Reagan years and besieged here in Iowa by interest groups assailing even the current level of U.S. engagements .

metaphorical

dissolves

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 27, 36 ]

TroFi.o.639

An initially orderly crowd dissolves into a melee of people swapping pins , Frisbees , and bubble gum .

literal

stumbled

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 48, 56 ]

TroFi.o.3475

In 1813 , a Welsh missionary named Thomas Jones stumbled across the hills into Meghalaya and began pushing the native Khasis , who today make up half the population , along the rocky path toward modernization and Christianity .

metaphorical

vaporized

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 230, 239 ]

TroFi.o.3696

A `` guide to business technique , '' yes ; the `` autobiography '' of a tycoon , sure ; a volume of `` management tips , '' you bet ; but to hear the publishing world tell it , the vulgar GRQ book is a thing of the past , having vaporized like those screwy financial schemes cooked up by the likes of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton .

metaphorical

besieged

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 97, 105 ]

TroFi.o.266

The picture painted in the annual report shows one of the nation 's largest banking corporations besieged by problems that it seems unable to control .

metaphorical

flooded

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 93, 100 ]

TroFi.o.1401

But after the proposal was announced , members of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association flooded Congress and the FAA with 80 , 000 letters -- a record number for an aviation issue .

metaphorical

flooded

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 56, 63 ]

TroFi.o.1415

Meanwhile , state and private testing laboratories were flooded with thousands of grain samples as merchants and farmers sought reassurance that their commodities were safe .

literal

killed

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 161, 167 ]

TroFi.o.1907

Last Tuesday , a federal jury in Akron , Ohio said it could n't identify a defect that could have caused an Audi 5000 to suddenly accelerate in an accident that killed a six-year-old boy .

metaphorical

dissolved

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 99, 108 ]

TroFi.o.627

So , as the team investigating the disaster homed in on two top generals , on May 27 President Zia dissolved the civilian side of the government , alleging the civilians were corrupt and that Pakistan needed more religion .

metaphorical

poured

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 74, 80 ]

TroFi.o.2521

Among other things , that would free up more of Moscow 's resources to be poured into the continuing expansion of the Soviet Pacific fleet and military facilities like Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay .

literal

killing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 80, 87 ]

TroFi.o.1965

In November , North Korean agents blew up a Korean airliner en route to Seoul , killing all 115 people aboard .

literal

dances

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 94, 100 ]

TroFi.o.389

In the third `` mansion , '' the lascivious emperor , Diocletian -LRB- Patrick Dupond -RRB- , dances a pas de deux with the youth and then repeats it , almost step for step , with the queen .

metaphorical

flourished

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 29, 39 ]

TroFi.o.1503

For starters , factoring has flourished because many merchants are so willing to do it for a share of the telemarketer 's proceeds .

metaphorical

flourishing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 15, 26 ]

TroFi.o.1527

McDonald 's is flourishing in 11 other nations in the region .

literal

dances

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 182, 188 ]

TroFi.o.392

`` I have undergraduate degrees in chemistry and marketing , but I 'm going to law school in the fall and I hope this will pay for it , '' says Sasha , who wears eyeglasses when she dances . -LRB- `` These glasses are fake , '' she explains .

literal

sleep

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 107, 112 ]

TroFi.o.2939

A cot in the studio , coupled with the play of entire compact disks , provides him with the opportunity to sleep ; his longest snooze so far is 15 minutes .

literal

plant

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 30, 35 ]

TroFi.o.2352

Durum wheat farmers expect to plant 3.7 million acres , up 12 % from last year , while spring wheat plantings are expected to total 12.8 million acres , down 7 % .

literal

dancing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 17, 24 ]

TroFi.o.408

Then watch women dancing nude at Tattletales , a blue-collar strip joint down the road with trucks outside and a Welcome Democrats sign on the roof .

metaphorical

targeted

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 92, 100 ]

TroFi.o.3561

The number of annual inspections remains unchanged , however , mainly because many more are targeted on the construction industry , where inspections require fewer manhours than they do in manufacturing .

literal

melting

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 233, 240 ]

TroFi.o.2210

There were kimono-clad waitresses , a couple of hundred men in blue suits , name cards , whiskey , little sushi bars and noodle stands along the walls , chefs with puff hats , piles of shrimp and meat , and an ice sculpture , slowly melting , as a centerpiece .

metaphorical

vaporizing

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 133, 143 ]

TroFi.o.3699

In one spectacular 508-point swan dive Oct. 19 , the industrial average crashed back to the level it first surpassed in March 1986 , vaporizing the stunning advances of the intervening months -- along with many investors ' paper profits .

literal

destroy

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 287, 294 ]

TroFi.o.436

The indictment also charges that Mr. Frankel , 32 , and Mr. Yagoda , 44 , committed perjury and obstruction of justice when they testified before the SEC in 1986 , and that Mr. Frankel further attempted to obstruct the SEC 's investigation when he directed a co-conspirator at Drexel to destroy certain documents .

literal

fly

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 85, 88 ]

TroFi.o.1643

He is part of a growing air force of amateur aces around the country who rebuild and fly aging warplanes , indulging in weekend flights of fantasy like Mr. Deakins 's Battle of Stuart . -LRB- He won , he says , by keeping Mr. Stephenson , 48 , in his gun sights for 10 seconds ; the planes are unarmed .

metaphorical

cooled

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 111, 117 ]

TroFi.o.306

Business confidence remains buoyant despite the October market crash , according to the survey , though it has cooled somewhat since the previous poll .

literal

fly

TroFi_ORIGSPLIT

[ 52, 55 ]

TroFi.o.1631

Armand Hammer , chairman of Occidental , planned to fly to Scotland to check out the situation for himself .