Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Together they soared skyward, one hoping to deal the fatal blow, the other gasping for just another breath...
...leaped off the counter and grabbed for my throat like a mad dog. I lost my footing and fell to the floor, hitting my head on the ice chest as I went down. The choking pain of her fingers around my throat met the thudding ache of the blow to the back of my head ... Her mouth was twisted with rage and her eyes?her eyes were the eyes of a killer animal, glistening with excitement...
...fairly large extent, yes. But I don't think that's enormously important, because American corporate withdrawal would still be a massive psychological blow against apartheid, a fairly considerable economic one, and would also help to clean up the U.S. image in Africa...
...chief rabbi, Bezalel Zolty, 57, has yanked the five-star Hilton's certificate of kashruth, or kosher status. Reason: in his view, the hotel was violating the law of the Sabbath. As the agonized Hilton management knows all too well, the lifting of kosher status is a devastating blow in a country that annually receives half a million Jewish tourists, many of them devoutly Orthodox...
...classic example of civic self-defense, Burlington, Vt. (pop. 38,000), has now dealt the suburban mall still another blow. Overlooking Lake Champlain about 40 miles from the Canadian border, Burlington is an old port and mill town that has been enjoying an economic and architectural renaissance. Prestigious firms, such as IBM and Digital Equipment Corp., have moved into the area and built plants. The seedy waterfront is undergoing a face-lifting, and many of the city's Victorian buildings have been transformed from shabby relics into stylist shops, restaurants and dwellings. But Burlington's boom was threatened...