Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this is not his year. He saw the supposedly invincible football Colts humiliated by the New York Jets 16-7 in January's Super Bowl; three months later he watched in utter disbelief as the Bullets, boasting the best record in the National Basketball Association, managed to blow four straight games in the playoffs to the New York Knicks. But hope is on the wing again. Last week, at the season's midpoint, baseball's highflying Orioles enjoyed a lavish 10½-game lead over the second-place Boston Red Sox in the American League...
When the beeps broadcast trouble, the general decides to fire his ultimate weapon - Hathaway. Will Hathaway blow his mind, or will he reach the Rus sian border before the Red Guard clos es in? The grim countdown begins...
...just after BS&T, had a surprise in store. Kirk had an impossible job cut out for him, and he knew it. So he pulled a Cassius Clay, a Broadway Joe: he stood there telling you that he was going to "pull you in," that he was going to blow your head. And he filled the spaces in his monologue with music that...
Flat Sales. "I've been looking for this kind of evidence for some time now, but I still want another month before I take out the trumpet and start to blow it," said William Butler, vice president of the Chase Manhattan Bank. His caution was echoed by other business and Government economists. The leading indicators, however, reveal a significant slowdown in construction, commitments for new plant and equipment and general investment activity. Retail sales have flattened in recent months, and the actual volume of sales-discounting inflation-has not risen at all over the past year. The evidence suggests...
Three Days of Grace. The intent of the law is to enable consumers to shop around for the best credit terms avail able. Regulation "Z" also strikes an in direct blow at credit rackets. Some home-repair contractors, electricians, plumbers and even morticians have customarily required that the customer sign an agreement giving the creditor a lien on his home. Now the creditor must not only inform the consumer that there is such a lien but give him three business days after signing to think over the deal and cancel it if he chooses - a requirement that could create...