Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that we've seen the hot pants, could we please have a second crack at the midi? It makes more sense...
...Germany, for example, they finished first, second, third, fourth and fifth. No matter that France's top women's slalomist, Ingrid Lafforge, has been sidelined for the season with a broken leg. Led by Michele Jacot, 19, the women's team has no fewer than 14 crack skiers who are capable of winning on any given day, including a 15-year-old sensation, Jocelyne Périllat, who is being heralded by the French press as the "super champion of tomorrow." The French team is so steeped in talent that nine women and seven men have shared...
...would also be empowered to restrict the use or distribution of "any" substance deemed hazardous to health or the environment. It would set standards for noise abatement, enforce new ones for strip mining, establish a national policy to curb ocean pollution, and crack down on pesticides. The most dangerous chemicals would reach the public only through Government-approved pest-control consultants...
...precipitate psychosis in perhaps one out of 300 cases, but only in "those who were about to crack anyway." Attacks of anxiety occur in a small percentage of cases, but the panic is transitory; it disappears when the victim is assured that nothing is seriously wrong with...
Last week corporations were given a new incentive to crack down on credit-card fraud. Under an amendment to the Truth in Lending Act, legitimate cardholders are protected from legal liability for more than $50 of unauthorized purchases by credit-card thieves. A company can go to court to collect that $50 maximum from the cardholder only if it had previously advised him of his liability and provided a self-addressed prestamped notice to be returned when the card is stolern or lost. The law also requires that all new credit cards bear clear identification of the holder, usually...