Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most vulgar and least creative level, this preoccupation has surfaced in a slew of war-fever songs, spearheaded by Charlie Daniels' trigger-happy redneck anthem, "In America," and including "Bomb Iran"--a remake of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann" that made the rounds of local radio stations last spring. Such songs are the contemporary analogues to the Hearst newspapers' "Remember the Maine" campaigns, somewhat less strident but equally irresponsible...
...then Mao's official heir, plotted to kill the Great Helmsman while he was on an inspection tour of southern China. The plan was to attack Mao's special train "with flame throwers and bazookas, to dynamite the railway bridge [over which the train was to pass], bomb the train from the air, blow up the oil depot near the train stop in Shanghai, and then assassinate the Chairman in the ensuing commotion." The indictment sheds no light on how the Great Helmsman, whose improbable code name to the conspirators was "B-52," managed to survive that elaborate...
...letters-here rounded off in the last of six stout volumes that have been coming out since 1975-she scarcely ever troubles to paint a scene or describe great events; even wars are kept to the background: "I write with the usual air raid going on; distant droning; a bomb now and then...
...when the somber Crimson icemen trooped through the debris-strewn entrails of Boston Arena to reflect in the privacy of their bomb-shelter locker room upon the embarassing 11-5 trouncing they had just been handed, the inevitable happened. "Where the hell are the keys?" a Harvard official shouted as the squad stood in a corridor and waited...
...world championship season, Hatamiya hit O'Keefe again, this time on a perfect 30-yard home run scoring bomb...