Word: baring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indictment gave only the bare bones of the Government's case, leaving a host of questions unanswered; it did not even explain why Philip Berrigan was named as a defendant to be prosecuted, and Daniel only as a co-conspirator who would not be tried under this indictment. The grand jury was quite specific about one intriguing point ?that the conspirators had aimed to enter an underground tunnel system in Washington that carries heating pipes and blow them up, using "destructive devices consisting of dynamite, 'plastic explosive,' primer cord and detonating devices which had not been registered to them...
...game had its exciting moments but in general was rather a listless affair. By the third period action had dropped to a bare minimum as only nine shots were fired on goal during the last period...
Playmen probably is helping to change official Italian attitudes. Five years ago it was dangerous in Italy to publish a photograph of a woman with a bare bosom. Such pictures-for instance, in Vogue's Italian edition-no longer provoke surprise. Despite the seizure orders (usually from a local prosecutor), Playmen has only rarely been charged under Article 725 of the Italian penal code for "violation of the common sense of decency...
...rights were scrupulously respected, the felon has a good chance of being banished to one of 187 escape-proof fortresses, 61 of them built before 1900. Now stripped of most rights, he often arrives in chains and becomes a number. His head sheared, he is led to a bare cage dominated by a toilet. In many states his cellmate may represent any kind of human misbehavior?a docile forger, a vicious killer, an aggressive homosexual...
Shorter Spots. The abrupt loss of $250 million in cigarette promotions has incited a bare-knuckled fight among broadcasters for new advertisers. CBS has begun selling separate 30-second spots, the first network to offer segments of less than a minute. ABC, which is more dependent on cigarette money than its rivals, has been particularly active in searching for replacements...