Word: bend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brother, dog, cat (or other pet) and friend. Let's say Tommy Snooks of 123 Hickory Stick Lane, with Sister Bunny, Brother Spiro, Dog Tuggles, Cat Snuggles, etc. Eventually, from Dart Industries, Inc., which, as the card says, "also brings you Tupperware, Rexall, Vanda Beauty Counselor and West Bend brand family products," comes a book...
...artifacts encoded as 3-D blueprints in crystal columns suggests that Rama is some sort of vast ark in search of a new home. But in fact its only interest in the solar system is to tank up on the sun's hydrogen before rounding the next cosmic bend without so much as thank you. The probability that a vastly superior intelligence would be totally indifferent to man and his doings is indeed what Clarke is writing about. But the theme is a bit too thinly spread between those two familiar sci-fi constants, the speed of light...
Jordan remained firm in its refusal. When it became apparent that Jordan would not bend, the terrorists once again backed away from their ultimatum and returned to Kuwait...
...beginning with Kramer and Pancho Gonzales and later with Gussie Moran. When Gussie's tour went limp, he secretly slit her famous frilled panties with a razor blade and told her about it when she was on the court. "When you stand in front of the press seats, bend over and that'll start some action." Riggs was furious when Gussie refused...
Vice-Mayor Henry Owens preferred another candidate and refused to bend. All CCA had personally pledged to "consult together earnestly and in good faith" and "to vote together" on the new City manager, but Corcoran is still in City Hall...