Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...needed. Sensing that the treaty had stalled, Michigan G.O.P. Senator Robert Griffin, a vigorous opponent, devised a strategy of sending the pact back to the President with the advice to renegotiate it with Torrijos. When Carter called Griffin to express his fear that a defeat would be a "devastating blow to the presidency," the Senator rather sharply replied: "I'm also concerned about the presidency. If you don't have the votes, you ought to take the initiative and call the treaty back, the same way you do a nomination that is in trouble in the Senate...
...finally halted probably killed more hostages than did the terrorists. Worse, it may have driven some of the terrorists to commit suicide-and to take as many passengers as possible with them. According to an intelligence report, each Palestinian commando wore an explosive belt, and he was expected to blow himself apart if capture seemed to be imminent...
...Tree Stump' and 'Bowling Ball,' but next week all 5-ft. 5 1/2-in. of Mike Paulovich hopes to stop all those who maliciously whistle Randy Newman's tune behind his back. The Kirkland House junior is out to prove the skeptics (including his own coaches) wrong and strike a blow for short people everywhere by earning a berth on one of the three Harvard lightweight varsity crew boats...
...plan the Pentagon laid down at the time? We planned to land in your country, in Sinai, if the Russians landed west of the Canal, to finish you off. Our aim was to show you that the Russians were unreliable, and so we'd have dealt you a blow that actually hit the Russians! We're in the same situation today. If you attempt to liquidate the Israeli pocket, the Pentagon will strike at you because this is U.S. policy.* Besides, the Pentagon wants to avenge the defeat of its weapons in October. But do you insist...
...first battered husbands may overlook their wives' occasional outbursts of physical punishment and simply hope they blow over. But before long a flurry of wifely fists is part of the domestic routine. Says Family Therapist Norman Paul of Boston: "They think their wives' violence is part of family life. They have come to accept it." Paralyzed by shame and guilt, they are reluctant to seek help from anyone-family, friends, counselors or the cops. Explains Steinmetz: "Police are a symbol of manhood, and it is simply too much to approach a policeman and say, The little woman...