Word: cliffes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tampering to authorities and transferred the four responsible employees out of its testing department. Ford also made a strong pitch for suspension of federal emission standards for 1975 and 1976. President Lee A. lacocca told the New York Chamber of Commerce that the industry "has been backed to the cliff edge of desperation," and that if the suspension is not granted, "a complete shutdown of the U.S. auto industry" could result...
...hero, called Ivan, is stylishly played by Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican musician who has an insinuating, almost feral appeal. Poor and aimless, Ivan wanders about Jamaica, hoping vaguely to be a singer. It is an ambition he fulfills the way he finds a girl friend, the way he starts pushing, and the way, finally, he gets killed: by falling into it. The movie even attempts a kind of Brechtian device: Ivan attends a film, one of those baroque Italian westerns, and dotes on the hero, knowing that he is immune to all real danger until the last reel. When Ivan...
...jeering died down, and Cliff McDonald of South Boston was ushered out under bombardment from irate boxing fans after winning a tainted ten round decision over Ned Edwards of Long Island, the closed circuit T.V. screens were lowered for the feature bout...
...Maloula's narrow canyon. In modern times, one beacon has been tended on feast days by Melchites, the other by Greek Orthodox. Today the feast is marked by the "throwing of fire"-in the form of flaming logs and foul-smelling burning auto tires-from niches in the cliff. "There is music and dancing and speeches by the mukhtar," says Habib Zaarour, a village youth. "They shoot guns in the air and everyone has a grand time...
...three occasions since 1850, Maloulans have protected themselves from attacks by outsiders by hiding in caves high on the cliff face, reached only by 60-ft. ladders, which they drew up behind them. A ladder still swings from one of the caves, giving the impression that villagers feel they may one day need to seek refuge in the caves again...