Word: clocking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just short of a sweeping ridgeline called the Conway Saddle. Their fire is aimed over the ridge at similar positions manned by Indian troops seven miles away on the Siachen Glacier, the longest in the Karakoram mountains. When the weather is clear, the big guns sometimes boom round the clock...
...consider whether electrical cables are near a desired property, but experts do not advise people to sell their homes to escape being close to power lines. Instead, some easy, inexpensive changes make sense. Among them: use electric blankets only to warm beds before retiring, place the electric alarm clock across the room instead of by the bed and sit at least ten feet away from the television set. Above all, avoid excessive worrying. Until the verdict is in, the watchword is prudence, not panic...
...pillows, children find Oreos or Blue Chip cookies and milk after a night on the town. One call to housekeeping will produce not only fresh towels and ice cubes, but also games, books, diapers and the use of a Nintendo video game. A pediatrician is on call round the clock. "Our business has doubled," says general manager Stan Bromley, who began emphasizing service to children about two years ago. "We gave away 1,200 comic books in 1988 -- more than we sell orders of caviar...
...basilica's size is the speed with which it went up: it took only three years, compared with more than 100 years for St. Peter's. The President, now 83, wanted the project to be completed before he died, so 1,500 well-organized workmen toiled around the clock to meet his expectations. The crew is currently putting on the final touches in preparation for a completion ceremony due to take place in September...
...fact is it's hard to open mail from American Express Travel Related Services division with anything but keen interest, if only to try to figure out what's travel related about some of its offerings: a grandfather clock, a 40-in. TV or the offer in my mail today: a tax-deferred annuity...