Word: availed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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City Manager Lilljedahl says the only long-range hope for his island is to find a way to reverse the erosion. "Otherwise," he says, "we will disappear." Cunningham insists that with all of the resources avail able, a way will be found to conquer the sea's appetite. The town is about to hire an engineering firm to study solutions, such as extending the existing jetty or building groins off the shore to reduce the impact of the waves. But Geologist Morton is skeptical. "Any attempt to trap sediment on the island only works when you have a good...
...told-you-so attitude toward the accident. They had opposed the building of the plant from its start. They failed to prevent Unit 1 from being placed in operation in 1974. When construction of Unit 2 began in 1970, the opponents renewed their fight, but to no avail. Some 100 people from the Goldsboro area rallied in protest on May 31, 1977, and released balloons into the air that carried tags advising any finder: FALLOUT FROM A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT MAY TRAVEL THIS FAR. Chauncey R. Kepford, a leader of the local protesters, warned more than a year ago before...
...demanding 22.5%; public workers want up to a whopping 41% increase. Even Callaghan himself has violated his own guidelines. In a fruitless effort to head off the government employees' walkout, he dangled increases of 8% to 9% before the lowest-paid public workers, but to no avail...
...last frame, Providence swarmed all over Harvard. Again Dea played with heart, and Hynes made key saves, but to no avail...
Every Which Way goes in every which direction to no particular avail. It is nearly impossible to sit through. Chase scenes, barroom brawls and barehanded boxing matches follow in dizzying succession, but the movie rarely lurches forward. Director James Fargo (Caravans) seems to delight in disorienting the audience: it is a major chore to figure out who is punching whom, not to mention why. For punctuation, there are running gags. Ruth Gordon pops up, without warning or justification, to do her foul-mouthed-old-lady routine; the Gray Panthers would be well advised to have an injunction slapped...