Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weeks a convoy of 15 giant barges, each longer than a football field and carrying vital equipment for construction of the Alaska oil pipeline, had waited at anchor for strong winds to blow ice away from the shore line near Point Barrow. That would create a narrow navigation channel, enabling ice-free sailing to the pipeline's northern terminus at Prudhoe Bay. The winds finally came, and the convoy moved out. But the winds shifted unexpectedly and began blowing ice back into the path of the fleet. Last week the convoy was forced to retreat 30 miles to avoid...
Aesthetic sense demands ironic distance, be it geographic or in time, because what is unconsciously accepted is often also what is most beautiful. This is not a sociological justification of Lichtenstein; although his blow up paintings of comic-book panels, sandwiches and soda-pop, is as lucid and incisive a reflection of American life as any contemporary art. And portrayal of the culture of its origin remains a justification of art. But Lichtenstein's work stands up on its own in purely sensual terms, and also in formal aesthetic terms...
...further recovery. On the other hand, he argues, if the Government tries to pump enough money into the economy to prompt a faster rebound, it will only fan greater inflation that eventually would force a crackdown on demand. "We have one more chance now," he warns, "and if we blow it, we are going to have a very serious recession...
...example, Moynihan reminded the U.N. delegates that world economic stability requires sustained growth in the industrial countries, which, in turn, need "reliable supplies of energy, raw materials and other products at a fair price." The U.S. then charged that the quadrupling of oil prices has inflicted "the most devastating blow to economic development in this decade" and the poorest nations "have been most cruelly affected by the rise in the cost...
...excellent Lino Ventura appears as your ordinary, tough, proficient hit man for hire. His job, this time out, is to shoot down a witness who threatens to "blow the lid off" a rather sensitive government scandal. The exact nature of the disgrace is unspecified, but there is no mistaking Ventura's dedication. He rents a hotel room in the French town of Montpellier and starts unpacking his sniper gear from a specially rigged suit case lined with foam rubber...