Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...winds blow, Jimmy...
...blow to romance, perhaps, but a valuable lesson in reality. On balance, the advantages of widespread easy credit far outweigh its drawbacks: materially, in the form of a richer society; psychologically, in the ability to satisfy impulse and indulge expansive moods. Consumers do need some further legal protection against credit abuses, and they need much more counseling in the techniques and costs of borrowing. But in the end, no one can protect the crediholic from himself. Hedonistic though it is, the Credit Society reserves its greatest rewards for those who practice that most puritan virtue: selfdiscipline...
...closer. "Change cars. Let's move her out," a young, well dressed and important looking moustache said. Sounded like a cattle drive, I thought. Playing it cool, I mosied down the road towards a smaller but more feverish-looking crowd. Somewhere inside that mass she was waiting. Waiting to blow our minds in 30. Like a professional I worked my way through that jungle of human bodies. A smooth curve connected to a beautiful well-kept body which she'd soon be inside. I went for it. I was determined. I jumped on top of the fender and was king...
...Crimson received a damaging blow when Eric Jewett, coming off a fine first run in the slalom, hooked a tip in the second run and separated his shoulder. He is listed as "doubtful" for next weekend's crucial carnival at Middlebury...
PRICES of oil and gas must be set free to find their own levels in the market. Liberals on the board would phase out controls over three or four years to cushion the blow to consumers; conservatives favor more rapid decontrol. But all agree that the Federal Government must eventually remove itself from energy pricing altogether, eliminating the red tape that has engulfed the system...