Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into action. Meanwhile, France and Britain launch submarine-based missiles targeted on Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. The Soviets detect the oncoming attack, assume Washington has defied their ultimatum and unleash 50 ICBMs against the U.S. Given only 30 minutes warning, the President now has no choice. He pushes the button. World War III starts and ends within the hour. There are no victors...
...changed since 1945. What is needed now is intelligence and experience, not just a strong body. A 50-year-old woman can push a button or fix a computer as well as an 18-year-old boy, so let's apply the draft to all citizens under the age of 60 who are not veterans...
...operators time to act, the State Department has installed heavy steel doors that can be slid into place to block the stairways to the upper floors of embassies, where the code rooms are located. Another new security ploy: nozzles in the corridors that at the push of a button spew tear or nausea gas on invaders...
...Angeles, Detroit and New York, which were traditionally the domain of auto travel. Riding on the rails between Los Angeles and San Diego is up a sharp 35%. For more and more drivers the slogan "See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet" is becoming as antique as penny postcards, high button shoes and buggy whips...
...with the baggy jeans, the chinoiserie, the gypsy queen regalia. In with the snappy blue blazers and tweed hacking jackets, button-down Oxford-cloth shirts and Shetland sweaters, khaki slacks and tartan skirts. This summer and fall, the fashion-conscious woman will be wearing exactly what the fashion-unconscious woman has been wearing for decades. It is currently labeled the Preppie Look, though the style has also been known as Ivy League, Town and Country, Brooks Brothers or-in England -County. Mother would approve...