Word: bores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wounds. There was no evidence of slashed throats." A ninth hostage's body was examined at a nearby hospital; he, too, had died of bullet wounds. Two independent pathologists confirmed that all nine hostages had indeed been shot to death. None of the bodies had been mutilated, although some bore cuts and marks from beatings. All had died on Monday morning...
...Hopper bore these goings on with stoic tolerance, only occasionally interjecting in the midst of one of her conversational spasms a resigned "Oh, Jo." Mrs. Hopper had her own complaint. "Sometimes talking with Eddie is just like dropping a stone in a well, except that it doesn't thump when it hits bottom...
Before a Labor Day audience in Los Angeles, Muskie bore down on the President's economic policies, which he believes will remain a prime issue through the campaign year. He advocated specific alternatives, including $3.5 billion in emergency relief for state and local governments instead of $5 billion in accelerated depreciation benefits for business. In place of the President's $8 billion investment tax credit for corporations, he suggested $100 tax credits for taxpayers who buy major consumer items other than cars...
...Marlene Dietrich of the '30s or even Theda Bara of the '20s. Anybody, that is, but the so-called natural-looking woman of the '60s. The cosmetics makers and the fashion magazines have passed the word: the natural, no-makeup look is a bore. Flashy cosmetic colors are back...
...generally conceded that the picture had been smuggled through customs in a briefcase by one of the Boston's own curators. Goaded by Siviero, U.S. customs seized the painting and mulled over the issue for eight months. Last week officials announced the decision: the Boston "bore no responsibility" for the illegal smuggling. Probably by arranged agreement, the museum announced that it was sending the painting back to Italy...