Word: blew
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Almost alone in the cacophony, private economists at two minisummits of their own blew a very certain trumpet summoning the Government to attack the myriad federal laws and regulations that already benefit special interests - including portions of the Government itself - to the detriment of anti-inflationary policy. The economists denounced such contrivances as methods of restricting competition, propping wages at high levels and sustaining lofty prices for oil, ship ping, meat, even uranium for nuclear power plants. If the more invidious pieces of tailored legislation were repealed or amended, suggested Harvard Economist Hendrik S. Houthakker, the nation's entire...
...blew it," Munro said of his freshman opener, "We got bombed. We're woefully lacking in any kind of preparation and conditioning...
Meanwhile, Attorney General William Saxbe, who has been brooding for some time about the Justice Department's poor performance in "political" cases, appointed a task force to study the problem. As one department aide explained: "You name it-the Berrigans, the Gainesville trial, the Camden thing-we blew all of them, and more...
...Israelis (TIME, April 22), an armored column rolled into the village. "About 35 men came to my farm," he told me. "They said I helped the fedayeen. They took all the furniture in my house and piled it in one room. Then they took my family outside and they blew up the house. My brother and I and two others were kept in Israel for two months...
...very hot, in the high 80 s, and a 20-m.p.h. wind blew gritty white dust into everyone's face. At the big moment, the VIP gates were thrown open and the crowd surged forward for a better view, nearly sweeping some onlookers over the canyon's rim. One 15-year-old who was pushed 100 ft. to the edge fell into a 5-ft.-deep crevice in rocks hanging over the chasm. Then, as Knievel's rocket disappeared below the canyon lip, hundreds of spectators began dashing for their cars or bikes, apparently caring more about...