Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...family at its high point of felicity, caught at the moment before its dissolution. Yet the story is Updike's own; it is clearly his identifiably New Jersey-Pennsylvania family he is writing about, and the note he sounds is ironic; so far, he has left others to blow the tragic basses...
Many businesses are doing some fast footwork to avoid or soften the blow. The easiest solution is to raise prices. Thus, brewers have suggested that publicans charge a penny a pint more for beer, and the Hairdressers' Federation suggests an increase of sixpence a haircut. Hotels are also announcing or considering price hikes. The London Hilton calculates its wage bill will rise by $2,800 a week...
...cold weather. But what is the victim to do if the pain strikes and he has forgotten his pill? A report in last week's New England Journal of Medicine suggests an effective emergency treatment: when an attack takes place, hold the nose, close the mouth and blow...
...served their terms and were plotting more mischief. One group specialized in making bombs. Another in power-station sabotage. Another in arms smuggling. After years of planning, a new assassination plot was arranged for July 1965, during the regime's 13th anniversary celebrations. One unit was supposed to blow up Nasser in his motorcade. If that failed, another would bomb a train he was to ride. Still another group stood ready to gun him down on his way home...