Word: crypticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those creeps never had the correct change and always wanted to break a $10 bill to impress their decked-out dates. They could never buy anything without a cryptic comment on how bad it was and they always sat in the aisles giving "go play in the traffic kid" stares when I tried...
Harvard students have a reputation for being lousy fans. Cool dispassionate observers rule the roost at Harvard Stadium. Clever, cryptic cuts dominate conversations at Soldier's Field and a social faux pas is admitting you're even considering going to the football game before Saturday noon...
...conversation, described Moore, reported the license number of her 1970 tan Toyota, and expressed his concern that she might be dangerous to the President. The FBI assured him that it would notify the Secret Service. When a Secret Service agent called him Saturday evening, O'Shea reported Moore's cryptic remarks about going to Stanford...
...junked cars from which to salvage those parts. The connection between all the cars piled in the yards in the alley and the personal injury and property damage that resulted from the traffic accidents involving these cars is often difficult to make. But, on some of the manged cars, cryptic yellow markings on the windshield tell the tragic story: "4-19-75. Head...
...jets and Lance surface-to-surface missiles. The Israelis were buoyed by the recent letter of support signed by 76 Senators. But relations between Washington and Jerusalem have nonetheless cooled to the point that Rabin's entourage held conversations at Blair House last week in lowered voices, cryptic references, Hebrew military slang and even sign language because the Israeli secret service believed the rooms were bugged. One Israeli official cited a crude Arabic expression-translated roughly as "there is a nose on our tail"-to explain the need for caution...