Word: bolted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This same mindlessness extended to Republican delegations. They voted as they were instructed to vote. No one dared to bolt from the fold--indeed they would not have been in Miami Beach in the first place if they did dare--and their week was one of idle frustration. Everything was settled before they arrived. Their role was predetermined and precisely scheduled. They fit neatly into the scenario, but beyond a certain point they became unneeded. For a small delegation there were no parties at luxurious Miami Beach homes, no visits with Party bigwigs. There was only a mid-priced hotel...
...Some two months ago the steeple of the red-brick Hobbs Street Church of Christ in Athens, Ala. (pop. 14,000), was sliced in two by a bolt of lightning. This may have been prophetic, for now the Hobbs Street congregation is split just as surely, and all because of a bathing suit. The one-piece white swimsuit was worn by nubile blonde Becky Marshall, 17, as she won a Fourth-of-July beauty contest to name "Miss Spirit of America." Trouble was, Becky's father, Charles Marshall, was the minister of the Hobbs Street church. Aghast, the elders...
...tyrant") that even a Washington speechwriter might discard as overly florid. As portrayed by Jones, the hero is certainly fulsome enough to be a major political figure. Joseph Sargent's direction is energetic, consisting in large measure of dogging his actors with a mobile camera as they bolt through endless doorways along the corridors of power. -Jay Cocks
...Bolt. Sewing machines now do practically everything but press the finished garment. Dial a knob or change a foot and your machine can sew on buttons or make flawless buttonholes. Machines can also darn socks, embroider blouses and monogram pockets as well as baste, hem and stitch once "impossible" materials like leather and stretchable knits. In addition to all this, Singer's expensive Touch & Sew model ($439.95) has solid-state speed control enabling it to breeze through varying thicknesses of fabric without being reset. Today, however, many inexpensive machines (about $60) offer zigzag, hemming and stretch stitches plus...
...Home sewing used to be the dumping ground for the fabric industry," says Carol Bird, president of Off the Bolt, a chain of fabric shops in Los Angeles. "Now all that has changed. If a woman sees a dress she likes in a store, she can come into a fabric shop, ask for the identical fabric and get it." Five years ago, there were 2,300 fabric stores in the U.S.; today there are 12,000. Most popular sellers have been double knits, which are strong and stretchable, and bonded fabrics, which have a backing sealed to the cloth, making...