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metaphorical
dissolve
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 50, 58 ]
TroFi.o.600
One result: Mr. Bushkin 's law firm here plans to dissolve ; much of its business was Carson-related .
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 175, 184 ]
TroFi.o.614
Cannons Engineering , a closely held concern that was convicted several years ago for criminally falsifying incinerator reports it filed with the state of Massachusetts , was dissolved as a corporation , EPA officials said , but has been technically `` revived '' for purposes of litigation .
metaphorical
target
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 99, 105 ]
TroFi.o.3516
He says he will work to improve the quality of education black children receive , and that he will target certain black school districts for special support .
metaphorical
played
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 12, 18 ]
TroFi.o.2439
Proceso has played a key role in making possible the once-unthinkable displays of disrespect that Mr. Salinas has faced .
literal
destroying
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 30, 40 ]
TroFi.o.505
He did n't set a deadline for destroying PCBs , but said movable disposal units might be leased from the U.S. to help eliminate those stored in warehouses across the country .
literal
killed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 164, 170 ]
TroFi.o.1938
The parts , which included a tail assembly for the F-104 and a key component of the A-7 's stability system , were critical items , and Navy fliers could have been killed if the parts were used , the prosecutor said .
metaphorical
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 137, 140 ]
TroFi.o.1636
By endorsing bank authority to underwrite corporate equities , the senators gave the Fed a defense against claims that such a move would fly in the face of congressional opposition .
literal
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 45, 52 ]
TroFi.o.1418
Mr. Cicerone and his colleagues slogged into flooded rice paddies a few years ago to take methane measurements .
metaphorical
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 37, 44 ]
TroFi.o.1438
The glutted oil market could soon be flooded with even more Persian Gulf crude .
literal
flew
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 100, 104 ]
TroFi.o.1396
They included fixtures required by the company and the salaries and expenses of four assemblers who flew in from Italy to set up the store .
literal
attacked
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 197, 205 ]
TroFi.o.188
None of the Democratic leadership in the House or Senate was notified about the move , unlike when the U.S. ordered troops into Grenada in 1983 or last October when U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf attacked an oil platform that had been converted to a military facility .
literal
rains
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 39, 44 ]
TroFi.o.2698
Mr. Syiem says there are times when it rains heavily , day and night , for two weeks running .
metaphorical
sleeping
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 32, 40 ]
TroFi.o.2993
Not only did this technique let sleeping elephants lie , as the `` Peaceable Kingdom '' exhibit demonstrates , it resulted in some very striking images .
literal
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 17, 24 ]
TroFi.o.1410
If the area were flooded , these mud-embedded bombs might loosen and float to the surface .
metaphorical
evaporate
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 71, 80 ]
TroFi.o.1011
Many traders and analysts said they think yesterday 's gains will soon evaporate .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 112, 117 ]
TroFi.o.2965
She was up all night in a tent ; the next morning , she plopped into the raft , feeling nauseated and trying to sleep as she bounced over rapids .
metaphorical
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 195, 200 ]
TroFi.o.2942
As simple as that sounds , Joseph Duffy , the assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the case , will have a tough time proving the charges to a federal court jury without also putting the panel to sleep .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 64, 69 ]
TroFi.o.2974
To keep the puffed-up style looking puffy , it was advisable to sleep with the hair wrapped in toilet paper and to forget about using shampoo .
literal
drink
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 56, 61 ]
TroFi.o.782
Then it finally comes to him: `` It 's a good reason to drink beer . ''/''
metaphorical
melts
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 109, 114 ]
TroFi.o.2213
The problem it would confront is those last decades -LRB- 2030-2050 -RRB- of the scenario , when the surplus melts away to zero .
literal
dance
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 56, 61 ]
TroFi.o.365
They began from scratch , amateurs learning to sing and dance and act , working up to 18 hours a day , almost every day .
metaphorical
besieging
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 44, 53 ]
TroFi.o.272
The marauding huns of the takeover game are besieging ever-larger corporate kingdoms .
metaphorical
kills
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 37, 42 ]
TroFi.o.1972
Centralization , on the other hand , kills motivation and crushes the human spirit .
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 6, 15 ]
TroFi.o.616
Haiti dissolved an agency that administered major development projects .
literal
killing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 80, 87 ]
TroFi.o.1964
His pal Shorty -LRB- John Mahoney -RRB- is an apparently gentle man , driven to killing blacks in cold blood in the middle of the night by the death of his son in Vietnam and by the loss of his farm .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 72, 80 ]
TroFi.o.3458
After rattling off Bell Atlantic , BellSouth and Southwestern Bell , he stumbled .
literal
danced
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 37, 43 ]
TroFi.o.385
`` I was so happy that I practically danced back into the house , '' Mr. Popejoy says .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 28, 33 ]
TroFi.o.2964
She lost weight , could n't sleep , and did n't work again for six months .
metaphorical
played
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 148, 154 ]
TroFi.o.2435
After two hours of this and more , Mr. Grappelli finally came on stage , wearing the loudest plaid shirt you 've ever seen , and impishly , sweetly played circles around everyone , never for a second showing his age .
metaphorical
attack
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 29, 35 ]
TroFi.o.153
While proposing such cuts to attack the current deficit , Mr. Jackson is vague on how the expensive new social programs he proposes would pay for themselves .
literal
evaporates
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 62, 72 ]
TroFi.o.1051
While gas wells usually produce liquid as well as gas , `` it evaporates , '' he said .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 24, 32 ]
TroFi.o.3538
He code-names companies targeted for possible acquisition with B-words , like batman , bellini -LRB- `` a wonderful combination of champagne and peach juice '' -RRB- and baccarat -LRB- the gambling game -RRB- simply because `` it struck me as an interesting strategem . ''/''
literal
dancing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 154, 161 ]
TroFi.o.411
Twenty-eight thousand buildings were leveled in the quake , but a few years later , 20 , 500 new ones had been built , and people of the reborn city were dancing in the streets .
literal
cool
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 72, 76 ]
TroFi.o.302
You have to build up the equipment to a certain power level , test it , cool it down , then possibly repair it , and it may take months to bring it up again . ''/''
literal
plant
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 47, 52 ]
TroFi.o.2362
`` The new irrigation tunnel has allowed us to plant 6 , 000 willow trees and 600 apple trees and to earn money for the education of our children , '' she says , tears welling in her eyes .
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 228, 237 ]
TroFi.o.618
In an extraordinary act of courage , the archbishop of Manila , Jaime Cardinal Sin , has just stated publicly that the Philippine bishops ' own social-action organization was so `` highly infiltrated '' that it would have to be dissolved .
metaphorical
targeting
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 82, 91 ]
TroFi.o.3596
Thus , Japanese companies would have to fight it out with foreign rivals that are targeting the same niche , including Fokker B.V. of the Netherlands , British Aerospace PLC , MBB and Boeing .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 38, 43 ]
TroFi.o.2940
Almost one-third of the heavy smokers sleep less than six hours .
literal
rains
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 9, 14 ]
TroFi.o.2701
`` If it rains three inches , we 'd go down 30 cents , '' said Mickey Luth , a soybean analyst at Shearson Lehman Hutton , Chicago .
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 44, 52 ]
TroFi.o.1484
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
destroy
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 124, 131 ]
TroFi.o.435
The department maintained that fighter aircraft , for example , `` must be fast enough and maneuverable enough to evade and destroy enemy aircraft .
metaphorical
destroyed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 53, 62 ]
TroFi.o.455
An example: Last fall , Joseph Biden 's campaign was destroyed after a leaked videotape showed similarities between his speech and one given by British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock .
metaphorical
evaporated
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 145, 155 ]
TroFi.o.1035
Several issues were still sought after in the wake of last week 's bid for Consolidated Gold Fields , but the majority of the takeover froth has evaporated , dealers said .
metaphorical
besiege
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 92, 99 ]
TroFi.o.252
For their part , though , Chicago aldermen have been too busy functioning as art critics to besiege the statehouse in Springfield on behalf of the team , and state legislators have shown more inclination to clown than to move quickly or positively .
metaphorical
flourished
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 9, 19 ]
TroFi.o.1499
Baseball flourished in certain parts of England and Wales before World War II .
metaphorical
planted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 125, 132 ]
TroFi.o.2384
Last week , after a team had gone through its paces , one of the handlers forgot to remove a stick of dynamite that had been planted in the suitcase .
literal
killed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 73, 79 ]
TroFi.o.1881
According to Indian government estimates , more than 2 , 800 people were killed by the escaping gas and thousands were injured .
literal
rain
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 119, 123 ]
TroFi.o.2660
But Champion International Corp. may soon have to curtail production at its Canton , N.C . , paper mill if it does n't rain soon .
metaphorical
target
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 47, 53 ]
TroFi.o.3521
The agency uses company-kept injury records to target inspections to work sites where injuries are most likely to occur , a system that Rep. Lantos contends provides irresponsible firms `` a premium for cheating , '' but that OSHA believes is the most effective use of its resources .
literal
drink
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 113, 118 ]
TroFi.o.779
The new Johnnie Walker pitch has attractive young women gushing about the wonderful young men in their lives who drink Johnnie Walker .
metaphorical
stumble
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 44, 51 ]
TroFi.o.3451
People have been predicting Paramount would stumble ever since `` Beverly Hills Cop '' in 1984 .
literal
flew
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 57, 61 ]
TroFi.o.1383
For the first three months of 1988 , the airline said it flew 2.95 billion revenue passenger miles , up 15.2 % from the 2.56 billion miles a year earlier .
metaphorical
flourish
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 154, 162 ]
TroFi.o.1469
And the court rejected the attempt to foster patriotism through compulsion as an insult to the American tradition: `` To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds . ''/''
literal
flown
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 49, 54 ]
TroFi.o.1594
A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile .
metaphorical
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 119, 124 ]
TroFi.o.2973
This weapon could be extremely powerful , perhaps ideal for the European battlefield -- simply put attacking troops to sleep .
metaphorical
melted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 169, 175 ]
TroFi.o.2191
The father and grown son walked slowly , their long , ebony shadows in sharp contrast against the tawny strips of switch grass , as the young hunter 's golden retriever melted in and out of sight in front of them .
metaphorical
cool
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 123, 127 ]
TroFi.o.274
Britain , expected to be the European growth `` locomotive '' at more than 3.5 % , recently raised interest rates again to cool off its `` overheating '' economy .
metaphorical
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 35, 42 ]
TroFi.o.1430
So far , the outside money has n't flooded in ; Owens-Illinois and affiliates still account for 95 % of the mutual funds ' total assets of $ 267 million .
metaphorical
pumped
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 19, 25 ]
TroFi.o.2607
Japanese investors pumped in $ 190 million in this year 's first half .
metaphorical
stumbles
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 70, 78 ]
TroFi.o.3503
`` From an issuer 's perspective , this is a market that occasionally stumbles over the truth but quickly picks itself up and hurries on as if nothing has happened , '' said Joseph Fichera , a vice president at Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co . , paraphrasing Winston Churchill .
metaphorical
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 183, 188 ]
TroFi.o.2969
The daughter of actress Tippi Hedren -LRB- the former model who became Alfred Hitchcock 's leading lady in `` The Birds , '' but whose career reputedly was dashed when she refused to sleep with him -RRB- , Ms. Griffith grew up in Hollywood 's fast lane .
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 66, 75 ]
TroFi.o.623
Last week after months of litigation , the company was officially dissolved , and the trademark was sold for $ 8 million to a Stamford , Conn . , investment firm .
literal
destroy
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 123, 130 ]
TroFi.o.434
The chief substitutes will likely be variations on this chemical structure but with less chlorine , the element thought to destroy atmospheric ozone .
metaphorical
evaporate
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 72, 81 ]
TroFi.o.1005
But party leaders ' hopes of writing a broadly worded document began to evaporate , as early versions of platform planks were cluttered with specific promises .
literal
kills
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 210, 215 ]
TroFi.o.1973
Federal researchers are exploring a possible new biological weapon against cells infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health are studying a chemical that seeks and kills AIDS-infected blood cells without harming healthy ones .
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 74, 83 ]
TroFi.o.620
In the extreme we have revolution , where the existing social contract is dissolved .
literal
killing
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 123, 130 ]
TroFi.o.1954
A 19-year-old 737 owned by the airline was grounded after the top of its fuselage was torn off during an April 29 flight , killing a flight attendant .
literal
flew
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 35, 39 ]
TroFi.o.1392
Secretary of State Shultz recently flew to Geneva , for example , to `` resolve ambiguities '' over INF verification .
literal
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 69, 72 ]
TroFi.o.1629
And Mr. Gorbachev 's proposal to remove aircraft -- which easily can fly back to Central Europe during a crisis -- would be meaningless unless they are destroyed , Mr. Chalmers says .
literal
sleep
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 95, 100 ]
TroFi.o.2945
But most will think , ' Haven 't I got enough to worry about already? ' and fall right back to sleep . ''/''
metaphorical
flying
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 5, 11 ]
TroFi.o.1682
In a flying start last year , checkers gave thumbs down to junk priced at $ 10 billion .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 66, 74 ]
TroFi.o.3536
By hitching a ride on these proteins , drugs can be very narrowly targeted to attack diseased cells , Mr. McCamant says .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 17, 25 ]
TroFi.o.3487
The Geneva talks stumbled on two issues: U.S. insistence that Moscow promise not to arm the Afghan regime after withdrawal and Pakistan 's demand that an interim government be established , including Afghan resistance fighters .
metaphorical
pumping
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 29, 36 ]
TroFi.o.2633
Instead of buying assets and pumping up bank reserves last spring , the Fed should have been heeding the run-up in gold and commodities and playing the sell card .
literal
rained
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 62, 68 ]
TroFi.o.2672
Coincidence perhaps , but within 48 hours , Ms. Fox says , it rained here .
metaphorical
plowed
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 97, 103 ]
TroFi.o.2478
Though the company 's cash flow looks healthy on paper , one analyst said , much of it has to be plowed back into operations .
literal
fly
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 37, 40 ]
TroFi.o.1660
Three former scholarship winners now fly border patrol for the U.S. Customs Service .
metaphorical
targeted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 82, 90 ]
TroFi.o.3568
Union Pacific , for instance , gained 1 3 4 to 64 on speculation that it might be targeted by acquirers who want to obtain the company 's petroleum holdings .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 46, 54 ]
TroFi.o.3476
In 1936 a German chemist , Gerhard Schrader , stumbled on a phosphorus compound extremely poisonous to insects .
metaphorical
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 59, 66 ]
TroFi.o.1400
But Cameloot was just another loser among the entries that flooded the offices of Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. during a contest to name its planned $ 290 million castle-theme resort .
literal
planted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 107, 114 ]
TroFi.o.2391
On Friday , an analyst at another major commodity firm said he expects no more than 60 million acres to be planted to soybeans .
metaphorical
flourished
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 18, 28 ]
TroFi.o.1500
But entertainment flourished , with audio and video items logging the biggest quarterly increase in consumption -- $ 23.2 billion .
metaphorical
withering
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 29, 38 ]
TroFi.o.3736
The nation 's cattle herd is withering .
metaphorical
stumbled
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 58, 66 ]
TroFi.o.3463
But the future of the bill remained unclear as the Senate stumbled forward on its version of the measure without the leadership of Lloyd Bentsen , the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee .
metaphorical
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 57, 64 ]
TroFi.o.1449
`` If the S & P would 've closed , sell orders would 've flooded New York '' and sent the stock market sharply lower , said one harried trader overlooking the raucous S & P trading pit .
metaphorical
pumping
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 32, 39 ]
TroFi.o.2623
But as long as Washington keeps pumping in those subsidies , the situation will remain stabilized , even improving a bit .
metaphorical
pour
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 63, 67 ]
TroFi.o.2507
Judges often ca n't review voluminous fee applications as they pour in .
metaphorical
eating
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 190, 196 ]
TroFi.o.887
Long renowned with East Germany for its relatively respectable economic performance , Czechoslovakia has lately been displaying worrying symptoms of the ills that have , in fact , long been eating away at its core .
metaphorical
melted
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 220, 226 ]
TroFi.o.2184
Lord Bryce noted in 1888 , `` The conjunction of the forces of rank , wealth , knowledge , and intellect '' in a great metropolis like New York `` makes such a city a sort of foundry , '' a key place where `` opinion is melted and cast , '' and `` easily and swiftly propagated and diffused throughout the country . ''/''
metaphorical
flooded
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 109, 116 ]
TroFi.o.1453
`` We 've tried to set up a barrier against such people , '' says an official at one institute that has been flooded with applications .
metaphorical
attacked
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 109, 117 ]
TroFi.o.160
By spreading the benefits of economic development into depressed regions , Massachusetts economic policy has attacked structural unemployment .
literal
flown
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 49, 54 ]
TroFi.o.1595
A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile .
metaphorical
targeting
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 142, 151 ]
TroFi.o.3575
Also , our regulatory conceptions would suggest monetary-policy tools of the European central bank be designed so that they enabled effective targeting of the monetary variables without recourse to quantitative controls -LRB- or other direct interventions in financial markets -RRB- .
metaphorical
destroying
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 35, 45 ]
TroFi.o.507
Mr. Berg 's murderers were bent on destroying what they call ZOG -LRB- Zionist Occupied Government -RRB- .
metaphorical
ate
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 188, 191 ]
TroFi.o.113
Richard DeVane , president of the company 's fossil systems business , said it appears that oxygen in the fresh air combined with either sulfur , zinc or chloride to produce an oxide that ate away the boiler wall 's iron-oxide protective coating .
metaphorical
evaporate
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 41, 50 ]
TroFi.o.1003
But confidence in that forecast began to evaporate on March 4 when the Labor Department reported a much larger increase in employment last month than anyone had expected .
metaphorical
poured
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 158, 164 ]
TroFi.o.2519
A military group led by two men described as supporters of former ruler Ne Win took power in embattled Burma , and angry citizens armed with homemade weapons poured into Rangoon 's streets to reject the new regime only hours after it was announced .
literal
eating
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 86, 92 ]
TroFi.o.881
Beyond that , conditions on board were so vile that `` the sailor was at greater risk eating his meals aboard than fighting . ''/''
literal
eat
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 25, 28 ]
TroFi.o.871
You 'll probably want to eat a crab salad . ''/''
metaphorical
dissolved
TroFi_ORIGSPLIT
[ 100, 109 ]
TroFi.o.637
This was one of the lesser-known reasons why President Zia abruptly dismissed the whole cabinet and dissolved the national assembly on May 29 .