Word: clamp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beginning March 24, the city will start slapping the clamp-like boot on the cars of serious scofflaws--those with 15 or more outstanding tickets, George Teso, Cambridge director of traffic and parking said yesterday...
...only was it simultaneously colder, windier and snowier across a wider swath than anyone could remember, but the harshness seemed to clamp down and stay. On Wednesday a new round of snowstorms rose in Arizona and New Mexico, moved east into Texas and covered the Waco area with up to a foot of snow. A blizzard struck the Great Plains on Friday and the Great Lakes states on Saturday; Midwestern temperatures once more fell into the -20° to -30° range. Snow fell again on the battered Gulf Coast and the Eastern seaboard off and on during the weekend...
...DECISION Saturday of Poland premier Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski to impose martial law and clamp down on the free trade union Solidarity did not come as a shock. For the last 15 months, the West has heard that Poland teeters on a narrow precipice, despite having managed to resolve crisis after crisis through touch-and-go negotiations. This weekend, the Polish Communist Party finally saw its opportunity--in Jaruzelski's words--to prevent Poland from falling into "the abyss...
...free by disenchanted owners, the ravenous reptiles will upset the ecological balance. Disenchantment with geckos might come easily. They spend the night making chirping, quacking or barking noises, and besides, says Miami Pet Store Owner Mike Yodice: "They bite like crazy. You open a drawer and they'll clamp onto your hand...
...some within the CCA have said in recent weeks that controversial efforts by David Sullivan to clamp down on condominium conversions in the city could anger some traditional CCA voters. "I may lose some support, but I think I'll pick some up too." Sullivan said, adding that his fundraising efforts are ahead of his 1979 pace, when he was one of the biggest spenders in the campaign...