Word: dump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because the federal government decided that the Buffalo Mining Company couldn't dump this refuse-filled water into Buffalo Creek anymore (where it killed all the fish), the company began to build the first of three dams that would create ponds where it could dump the water. And the company could also kill two birds with one stone: it would build the dams out of the gob pile that just lay smoldering beside the mine--unhealthy situation that. You couldn't really call it a dam--no engineering, no overflow, no drains, just back some trucks up to the hollow...
...even more improbable. At night, Central Park features Shakespeare (which Trollope finds surprisingly good) and muggings ("Cut-purses," says Dickens smugly). A most unusual event, they discover, is a relay of 27 "Liberty Torch" runners who will carry water from the Atlantic Ocean across the entire country and dump it into the Pacific. The purpose, like the water, is unclear...
...Lockheed-related wrongdoing. Miki's supporters counter that the real worry of many in the L.D.P. is that the Premier's careful investigation will badly tarnish the reputations of some important party figures. Party Vice President Shiina is well aware that in the public mind, efforts to dump Miki are seen as part of a Lockheed cover-up by a party that only two years ago was jolted by the worst scandal in its history-the resignation of Miki's predecessor Kakuei Tanaka after disclosures of large-scale corruption...
...scraping" before the Russians because he had no faith in the American people and wanted to accommodate to what he considered to be the Red wave of the future. Now Ford will be under increasing pressure from right-wing Republicans and a faction in the White House to dump Kissinger...
...need for a speedy and sound agreement can hardly be overemphasized. Uncertainty about the outcome of the pay talks has caused nervous investors to dump sterling. Last week the pound hit a record low of about $1.80 before rallying to close at $ 1.84-still down 8% against the dollar in less than two months. No significant recovery is likely until a workable pay policy is adopted and investors' fears of a new burst of inflation are put to rest. A cheaper pound will give British goods a price edge in world markets; it is already driving hordes of bargain...