Word: drains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...RECORD, for its part, sacrificed much of its personality in order to capitalize on its new plant. The old tabloid format went down the drain, along with the daily full front-page photo of The Drama of Everyday Life (kids' cats stuck in trees with firemen on the way; the near rescue of a suicide victim; the wreckage of the car and truck that crashed head-on at 80 mph, miraculously killing only seven out of eight occupants). The front-page maze of banner headlines luring readers to inside pages gave way to a single full-column headline atop...
...felt the busing limits were inadequate. Only the most skillful maneuvering by House Democratic leaders, who played on the fears of both opposing forces, pushed it through. As one key operator, Indiana's John Brademas, explained it: "To the liberals we said, 'If this goes down the drain, you're going to get an even worse antibusing bill, plus you lose all this educational aid.' To the conservatives we said, 'This is your last chance to block court-ordered busing...
...moment in Africa. It is the war between the nationalist African troops in Angola and the colonial army of Portugal. The issues of the war are simple: will Africans expel their Portuguese rulers and win self-determination, or will Portugal remain in Africa to rule by oppression and to drain the country's natural wealth into her own bank account...
...Green Revolution: the development of lush new strains of wheat, rice and other cereals that have made the difference between starvation and survival for millions of people. Yet a drawback to the new high-yield plants is that they require large quantities of expensive nitrogen-rich fertilizers that drain into ponds and lakes. There, the fertilizers cause explosive growth of algae and make the water unfit for drinking and other uses...
...angry mood is well expressed by Billy Hull, a squat, beefy man who heads the Loyalist Association of Workers. "If we're sold down the drain," Hull said recently, "there wouldn't be civil war, there would be armed rebellion, and it could spread to Britain itself. We're not ready now, but, like our forefathers, it won't be long before we are." He paused, took a pull on his pint of Guinness, and added: "Bloody awful to be talking like this...