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metaphorical
flourished
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 126, 136 ]
TroFi.o.1510
The explanation seems to be that Mr. Linh , though born in the north , spent most of his life in the south , where capitalism flourished until the Communists took over in 1975 .
metaphorical
attacking
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 118, 127 ]
TroFi.o.243
They suggested that their genetic variability may affect the infectiousness of the virus and its `` preference '' for attacking one type of cell over another .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 16, 24 ]
TroFi.o.3461
But Sen. Quayle stumbled twice during the day trying to explain his decision to enter the National Guard in 1969 during the Vietnam War .
literal
kill
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 86, 90 ]
TroFi.o.1868
Rather , emphasis should be placed on sophisticated incapacitating agents that do not kill or maim but simply render people unconscious or unable to act .
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 90, 99 ]
TroFi.o.626
Mr. Stambaugh then moved to Florida and filed for divorce there ; a Florida circuit court dissolved the marriage but left the financial settlement to be determined elsewhere because the couple 's principal assets were Pennsylvania real estate .
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 43, 51 ]
TroFi.o.1476
Billion-dollar offerings could flounder or flourish on what Mr. Rudloff said .
metaphorical
eat
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 41, 44 ]
TroFi.o.861
That 's because the auto shop decided to eat its words .
metaphorical
destroyed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 154, 163 ]
TroFi.o.486
The point of view of the economist here misses the essential by being too technical , namely that the values associated with a free-market economy can be destroyed by the tax system .
literal
killed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 89, 95 ]
TroFi.o.1913
More than 80 people were detained in the protests , in which an estimated 14 people were killed .
literal
killing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 61, 68 ]
TroFi.o.1968
Iran retaliated by firing two missiles that struck Baghdad , killing or injuring an unspecified number of people .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 12, 20 ]
TroFi.o.3559
The EPA has targeted hundreds of sites across the country for cleanup of hazardous materials under its Superfund program .
metaphorical
pump
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 51, 55 ]
TroFi.o.2592
The commission 's endorsement of using gambling to pump up Detroit 's economy was widely expected , and serves mainly to push the heated Detroit casino debate back to the city council .
literal
flown
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 58, 63 ]
TroFi.o.1611
The fare restructuring , aimed at tying prices to mileage flown , apparently will wipe away many of the bargain-basement fares currently available to leisure travelers , and make it likely that those travelers will pay $ 10 to $ 30 more on most fares .
literal
drank
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 123, 128 ]
TroFi.o.745
Its theme -- Peter dragging Russia out of the dank Dark Ages -- is vast and lofty , and perhaps only a man who dreamed and drank too much would have had the gumption to cut so wide and deep a swath into the heart of Russia .
literal
dancing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 105, 112 ]
TroFi.o.407
Television commercials expected to air in mid-April in New York and Miami will feature the homespun pair dancing the salsa , advertising sources said .
metaphorical
rain
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 124, 128 ]
TroFi.o.2664
For the midrange computer makers , `` there are thunder clouds on the horizon , and the question is how hard it 's going to rain , '' she said .
metaphorical
attacked
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 15, 23 ]
TroFi.o.167
His psyche was attacked first by New York Mets pitcher David Cone , who in print called his curveball `` high school , '' and then by A 's vet Don Baylor , who called him a `` choker , '' the ultimate ball-player insult .
metaphorical
pouring
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 114, 121 ]
TroFi.o.2555
Oil prices continued to fall yesterday in trading torn by rumors and growing evidence that Saudi Arabian crude is pouring into the market .
metaphorical
attack
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 133, 139 ]
TroFi.o.123
But Mr. Dole has so far spent much of his campaign attacking Vice President Bush for , among other things , having the effrontery to attack Congress .
metaphorical
eating
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 91, 97 ]
TroFi.o.891
Some 16 % of surveyors for Zagat 's restaurant guide said they had felt the pinch and were eating out less often than last year .
metaphorical
cool
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 228, 232 ]
TroFi.o.284
On the other hand , the potential for the dollar to resume its recent slide if the trade report is disappointing raises the possibility that the Federal Reserve could push interest rates higher , both to boost the dollar and to cool the economy .
literal
drink
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 61, 66 ]
TroFi.o.790
`` A German , '' said Mr. Bradford , `` is just not going to drink beer out of a can . ''/''
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 238, 246 ]
TroFi.o.1493
The message Mr. Welch says he is sending , however , is that by cutting management layers and delegating responsibility , `` we are trying to create an atmosphere where people want to work , a nonbureaucracy where people have a chance to flourish .
metaphorical
besieged
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 32, 40 ]
TroFi.o.264
The U.S. armed forces are being besieged these days -- not by foreign military aggressors -- but by aggressive consumer-product marketers .
metaphorical
attacked
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 55, 63 ]
TroFi.o.185
MINOR MEMOS: Texas Sen. Gramm , who last year bitterly attacked federal financing of a weed center in North Dakota , pushes to establish a `` plant stress '' lab in Lubbock . . . .
literal
sleeping
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 37, 45 ]
TroFi.o.2991
It could even store some first-class sleeping berths , says Mr. Newkirk .
literal
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 136, 139 ]
TroFi.o.1630
And party chairman Paul Kirk never bothered to call him at all on Tuesday , Mr. Jackson 's aides say , though he could find the time to fly to Boston to extol Mr. Bentsen .
literal
drink
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 71, 76 ]
TroFi.o.781
The upper classes do not take food or water from them nor sit , eat or drink with them .
metaphorical
evaporate
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 33, 42 ]
TroFi.o.1006
But the suit says such rights `` evaporate '' with the sale of his holding .
metaphorical
stumbles
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 75, 83 ]
TroFi.o.3497
But while the Kremlin preaches openness , Russia 's $ 2.2 trillion economy stumbles along in darkness , its inner workings shrouded in secrecy and its inefficiencies masked by deceit , Western experts say .
literal
pumping
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 39, 46 ]
TroFi.o.2651
The spokesman was n't able to quantify pumping capacity ; the refinery has a crude oil input capacity of 400 , 000 barrels a day , but runs between 250 , 000 barrels and 275 , 000 barrels a day .
metaphorical
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 7, 10 ]
TroFi.o.1653
Rumors fly at Smith Barney that its parent , Primerica , is disgusted and ready to sell the firm , though Primerica denies it .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 32, 40 ]
TroFi.o.3553
Plastics , an area that Dow has targeted for growth , contributed strongly to the results for the quarter and the year , Dow said .
literal
flew
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 20, 24 ]
TroFi.o.1375
Air Midwest said it flew 12.7 million revenue passenger miles in February , a 5.3 % decrease from 13.4 million a year earlier .
metaphorical
plow
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 37, 41 ]
TroFi.o.2446
He frets that industry 's failure to plow profits back into new capacity will constrain exports , considered by many economists as the brightest hope for maintaining U.S. growth , even if consumer spending weakens .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 13, 21 ]
TroFi.o.3486
Sometimes it stumbled .
literal
planting
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 111, 119 ]
TroFi.o.2421
The action began a few months ago when Fred Carr , First Executive 's chairman , moved to spruce up the lot by planting some grass .
literal
rained
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 31, 37 ]
TroFi.o.2686
`` I was in the stands when it rained , '' said Victor Lespinasse , a floor broker for Dean Witter Reynolds , Chicago .
metaphorical
besiege
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 112, 119 ]
TroFi.o.253
`` I 'd heard about Powelson from another classicist at the University of Maryland , and then Powelson began to besiege me with letters asking for an invitation , '' Mr. Ambrose says .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 103, 111 ]
TroFi.o.3466
Chaus said it rebounded the next year , gaining other retail accounts , but since then the company has stumbled on a flurry of problems typical of those hurting the industry .
metaphorical
melting
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 90, 97 ]
TroFi.o.2196
And as it does , the importance of the `` farm issue '' in next month 's Iowa caucuses is melting away like snow in a January thaw .
literal
destroy
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 76, 83 ]
TroFi.o.426
Israel has agreed to develop an interceptor missile for the U.S. that would destroy short-range ground-to-ground missiles , state-owned Israel Aircraft Industries said .
literal
drinking
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 89, 97 ]
TroFi.o.811
The trick is that it is midnight , and the ban on eating , smoking , having sex and even drinking water applies only to the daylight hours .
metaphorical
withered
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 146, 154 ]
TroFi.o.3722
The combination was supposed to make First RepublicBank Texas 's dominant financial institution ; instead , its $ 24.1 billion loan portfolio has withered in the state 's hard-scrabble economy .
literal
rained
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 52, 58 ]
TroFi.o.2675
Grain and soybean futures prices plunged because it rained in Iowa .
metaphorical
attacks
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 99, 106 ]
TroFi.o.248
After a few years of relative calm , Burger King is about to start a new advertising campaign that attacks the way McDonald 's cooks .
literal
melt
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 13, 17 ]
TroFi.o.2177
`` We had to melt it down with hot water , as hot as your head could stand , before we could comb the hair out , '' recalls Jennie Aguilar , a beauty-school instructor in Canoga Park , Calif .
literal
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 7, 10 ]
TroFi.o.1638
Chairs fly , Geraldo is bloodied , the governor is yelling `` outta my face , Noriega-breath ! `` while the vice president screams `` Read my lips , liberal man ! `` -RRB-/-RRB-
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 21, 29 ]
TroFi.o.3573
`` Nothing less than targeted , mandated reductions in acid-rain emissions in the U.S . '' will satisfy Canada , Mr. Mulroney said in his prepared remarks .
metaphorical
melted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 12, 18 ]
TroFi.o.2188
Pounds have melted off , she says , during the months of one-night stands .
literal
killed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 121, 127 ]
TroFi.o.1887
Army and medical rescue teams reached stricken Chinese villages in a remote area near Burma , where an earthquake Sunday killed more than 900 people .
metaphorical
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 241, 244 ]
TroFi.o.1645
In early 1984 , some officers at New York 's Bankers Trust Co. devised a way for Mexico to shed some of its huge U.S. bank debt -- a plan remarkably similar to one embraced last week by Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and Mexico -- but it did n't fly .
metaphorical
plowing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 158, 165 ]
TroFi.o.2492
The downtown shop alone is grossing more than $ 1 million a year now , but the Shihs take salaries of only about $ 2 , 000 a month each from their business , plowing profits back into their drive to become the McDonald 's of the flower game .
metaphorical
planted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 16, 23 ]
TroFi.o.2396
Some mines were planted by the U.S.-backed guerrillas themselves .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 119, 124 ]
TroFi.o.2961
On the show , he has threatened to broadcast the home phone numbers of port commissioners so that residents who ca n't sleep Sunday night can call them up and keep the officials awake .
literal
withered
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 21, 29 ]
TroFi.o.3724
The drought that has withered crops in many states is tragic for farmers , but is unlikely to cause acute problems for the nation 's economy .
metaphorical
dissolving
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 182, 192 ]
TroFi.o.644
He acknowledges that some will see this as a threat to freedom , but he soothes: `` Liberation , however , comes in various forms , either by overthrowing the external compulsion or dissolving the inward objection through a change of will , through sublimation . ''/''
metaphorical
plowed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 42, 48 ]
TroFi.o.2481
`` Because the ground had long since been plowed and planted , '' he writes , `` the harvest of disunion came quickly after the thunderstorm of Lincoln 's election . ''/''
literal
destroyed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 124, 133 ]
TroFi.o.492
When buried in landfills , the oxidizing agents react with metal salts in the soil , and the links between the polymers are destroyed .
literal
eat
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 89, 92 ]
TroFi.o.866
These waters are full of the fish , mollusks and small crustaceans that lobsters like to eat .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 128, 133 ]
TroFi.o.2946
But the would-be happy warrior has become a disillusioned , despairing survivor: `` Although I was tired to death , I could not sleep , so removing my tin hat and ruffling my hair I stood up and looked over the front of my hole .
metaphorical
melt
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 31, 35 ]
TroFi.o.2175
`` The risk is , business will melt away . ''/''
metaphorical
flooding
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 160, 168 ]
TroFi.o.1464
The fact that Japanese applicants obtained nearly 25 % more awards than they did in 1986 has raised apprehensions in the Reagan administration that Japan is `` flooding '' the patent office with applications in the anticipation that it will gain a commercial advantage over U.S. firms in coming years .
literal
flew
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 34, 38 ]
TroFi.o.1397
When a triumphant Michael Dukakis flew to Erie from the Democratic National Convention in July , they lined the exit from the airport and Perry Square downtown with signs -- not handmade but professionally printed -- saying `` Dukakis Wants Taxes For Abortion . ''/''
literal
destroy
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 91, 98 ]
TroFi.o.448
`` We are offering now to free them from their nightmares of security -- we do n't want to destroy Israel , we want to coexist .
literal
killed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 124, 130 ]
TroFi.o.1953
`` Where I live , in Silkstone in Yorkshire , we just had a memorial service as we put up a monument for some kids who were killed underground about 100 years ago -- about 80 kids , three , four , and five years of age , '' she said .
metaphorical
playing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 120, 127 ]
TroFi.o.2442
He ignores the fact that if the defendants were less affluent , it is unlikely that either plaintiff or lawyer would be playing in this legalistic sweepstakes .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 74, 82 ]
TroFi.o.3488
The accident began Sept. 13 , 1987 , when villagers in Goiania , Brazil , stumbled on some radiotherapy equipment abandoned by a former health clinic there .
metaphorical
kill
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 65, 69 ]
TroFi.o.1852
But although negotiations have stalled , an agreement that would kill Shoreham while keeping Lilco whole is still likely , these persons said .
literal
flying
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 209, 215 ]
TroFi.o.1685
In return it got to shape the festivities , glamorizing things with a sprinkling of film and rock music personalities -LRB- Jane Seymour , Pierce Brosnan and Ringo Starr supplied this year 's dazzle -RRB- and flying in a roster of writers and photographers for publicity .
literal
eat
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 42, 45 ]
TroFi.o.855
Parasite infections of people who like to eat raw or undercooked fish are increasing , and the main cause is the rising population of seals and other protected marine mammals , scientists reported .
literal
pouring
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 132, 139 ]
TroFi.o.2547
Here Mr. Brown plays barkeep mentor to Mr. Cruise , the wise old hand who teaches the pup how to succeed at the high-stakes game of pouring brew .
metaphorical
cool
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 17, 21 ]
TroFi.o.304
`` They do it to cool off the market , so to speak , because they need the copper and when they 're buying they find themselves chasing the market upward , '' he said .
literal
evaporated
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 106, 116 ]
TroFi.o.1037
The Nestle spokesman rebutted the anti-monopoly charge , noting that Perulac has only a 15 % share of the evaporated milk market .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 89, 94 ]
TroFi.o.2958
Men , women and children are crammed into barracks painted institution-yellow inside and sleep two to a four-by-six-foot bunk , arranged in triple tiers .
literal
plow
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 112, 116 ]
TroFi.o.2444
Bostonians have excuses about why their snow is worse: The snow is often wet and slippery , making it harder to plow ; narrow , winding roads , steep hills , numerous bridges and potholes make driving more treacherous .
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 93, 101 ]
TroFi.o.1473
At the beginning of the book , Mr. Haraszti asks , `` Is freedom really necessary for art to flourish ? ''/''
literal
pumped
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 50, 56 ]
TroFi.o.2603
Gary Floyd , owner of Johnson 's Corner , says he pumped one million fewer gallons of diesel fuel in 1987 than a year earlier .
literal
drank
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 2, 7 ]
TroFi.o.743
I drank Vodka , So did you '' and saw the doors opening to the glittering life of an octave-thundering concert pianist .
literal
cooling
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 147, 154 ]
TroFi.o.331
Company officials could n't be reached for elaboration , but Gary P. Smaby , who follows the industry for Needham & Co . , said he understood that cooling problems had developed that could delay delivery of the machine .
metaphorical
pour
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 133, 137 ]
TroFi.o.2516
This at a time when Germany is already leading a new rush to subsidize perestroika -- last week Deutsche Bank closed an agreement to pour some $ 1.9 billion of aid into Moscow 's bottomless coffers .
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 44, 52 ]
TroFi.o.1485
Industry consultants predict groupware will flourish because personal-computer software that helps individuals work better has n't noticeably increased the productivity of groups .
literal
attack
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 147, 153 ]
TroFi.o.138
Prince Norodom Sihanouk , the former Cambodian leader , said this week he was withdrawing from the resistance because the Khmer Rouge continues to attack his forces along the Thai-Cambodia border .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 12, 20 ]
TroFi.o.3549
Mr. Lee has targeted three of the former Japanese banks .
metaphorical
cooled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 43, 49 ]
TroFi.o.319
The Oct. 19 stock market crash , however , cooled Home Group 's enthusiasm for the deal .
literal
destroyed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 19, 28 ]
TroFi.o.457
Arsonists in Haiti destroyed a Roman Catholic chapel in a slum in Port-au-Prince .
literal
attacking
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 59, 68 ]
TroFi.o.239
These do n't protect anything and are n't designed to kill attacking guerrillas .
literal
dissolve
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 55, 63 ]
TroFi.o.594
Do n't take them with orange juice . -LRB- They wo n't dissolve well. -RRB-/-RRB-
literal
flown
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 202, 207 ]
TroFi.o.1612
USAir , a unit of USAir Group Inc . , said its December traffic rose 14.2 % to 1.11 billion revenue passenger miles from the year-earlier 972.5 million revenue passenger miles , or one paying passenger flown one mile .
literal
killed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 43, 49 ]
TroFi.o.1935
The military said three soldiers also were killed when about 300 rebels attempted to overrun a 30-man government outpost .
metaphorical
flooding
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 82, 90 ]
TroFi.o.1465
The protein , called CD4 , mimics the virus 's natural targets in the body , thus flooding the system with false targets and diverting the virus from its normal course of attack .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 68, 76 ]
TroFi.o.3551
Out of 2 , 500 patented Soviet technologies available , Lic-Con has targeted 10 for the U.S. market initially , including a ceramic spray-coating process ; a non-explosive powder for excavating rock ; and a water-resistant concrete binding agent .
literal
dissolve
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 67, 75 ]
TroFi.o.593
Consumers were n't particularly fond of its taste , and it did n't dissolve easily in cold milk .
metaphorical
raining
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 9, 16 ]
TroFi.o.2695
`` It 's raining proposals , not moisture , '' says Sen. Tom Daschle , Democrat of South Dakota .
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 93, 101 ]
TroFi.o.1474
At the beginning of the book , Mr. Haraszti asks , `` Is freedom really necessary for art to flourish ? ''/''
literal
planted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 107, 114 ]
TroFi.o.2388
Ms. Long clearly relishes the hands-on work of running a winery and overseeing the evolution of a vineyard planted to her specifications .
metaphorical
raining
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 75, 82 ]
TroFi.o.2691
Others are Absolut Bravo -LRB- the accompanying photograph shows red roses raining down around the Absolut bottle -RRB- and Absolut Stardom -LRB- the bottle is lighted as if it were a theater marquee -RRB- .
literal
planted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 109, 116 ]
TroFi.o.2378
However , new-crop beans -- to be planted this spring -- were up on continued expectations that this year 's planted acreage wo n't exceed last year 's by much , analysts said .
literal
evaporate
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 45, 54 ]
TroFi.o.1015
The low pressure causes liquid in the arm to evaporate and to be pulled into the pipe .
metaphorical
destroy
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 197, 204 ]
TroFi.o.446
`` The Jew and the bank now dominate everything: Europe and enlightenment , the whole civilization and socialism -- especially socialism , for with its help the Jew will eradicate Christianity and destroy the Christian civilization . ''/''