Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that," said Moore, "but he's going to blow...
Late last night the first few copies of the Summer School's experimental newspaper, rolled off the press in the basement of the Crimson building at building at 14 Plympton St. Strike one blow for the do-it-yourselfers, and strike another for the love of free discussion, which along with a few proffered dollars convinced us at The Crimson to print a newspaper that is being billed as the Summer School's alternative to this paper. But even as the clatter of the press was subsiding at the end of the inaugural run, the sight of the newly printed...
That is not invariably the case. It is true that some anchors do little more than read scripts they did not write about news they did not select, and some are Ted Baxter types distinguished by appearance more than ability. Handsome, blow-dried Ron Hunter, for instance, is resigning from Chicago's WMAQ this month in the face of stagnant ratings and intense vilification by the city's acerbic TV critics. "He couldn't cover his nose, much less a fire," sniffs the Sun-Times's Swertlow. Yet many of the six-figure anchors, probably...
...Middle East, on SALT, on energy, only relative success. But I don't have any reticence about addressing these inherently difficult issues. I don't fear a rebuff or a defeat so much that I am afraid to try. It would have been a devastating blow to me politically and to my image as a leader had the Senate rejected the Panama Canal treaties. [Now] if we fail, I will not regret having tried...
...adapting various animals to warfare. During World War II, the Allies developed and tested plans to use "incendiary bats," which would come to rest under the eaves of buildings and set off small fire bombs attached to their chests. The Swedes had plans for using trained kamikaze seals to blow up submarines, and the Soviets for bomb-carrying dogs to attack tanks. In the 1940s, Behaviorist B.F. Skinner proposed installing a trained pigeon in front of a screen in the nose of a missile to guide it to a target. The U.S. Army trained dogs for jungle patrol duty...