Word: dump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been increasingly attacked by Republican conservatives, who distrust him as an Eastern liberal, even though he has swung sharply to the right in recent years on welfare, drug use and other issues. His stand on New York further alienated the conservatives, stepping up the pressure on Ford to dump him in 1976. Moreover, New York's plight tarnishes his creative if extravagant record as Governor from 1958 through 1973 because New York State must share the blame for the city's financial mess. As Governor, Rockefeller could have blocked some of the financing gimmicks, such as unsound short...
...Genoa, Italy, members of the Red Brigades, a revolutionary Marxist group, seized an official of a state-owned factory, Vincenzo Casabona, 47, shaved his head, chained his feet to a pole in a garbage dump, and released him six hours later after a vicious beating...
...always been for the American League team over the National League club in the World Series but in a fit of temporary insanity, last year, I, for some unknown reason, picked the Dodgers to dump the Oakland A's. I never heard the end of that blunder from my AL friends. This year I can't help but go with Boston in seven. My heart tells me that the Reds are probably the better team, but the Red Sox have performed spectacularly in the playoffs and have come through with clutch wins all during the season. And when it comes...
...combat with the N.R.A. was occasioned by The Guns of Autumn, a documentary that purported to describe hunting in America. In 90 minutes, Director-Writer Irv Drasnin, a journalist for 15 years but not a hunter, compiled carnage upon atrocity. Black bears were slaughtered at a Michigan garbage dump by tourists with rifles. A gang of rednecks with the latest electronic gear treed a bear, then watched hounds rip it apart. Explained the pack's leader: "We feel that they deserve a chew." A pert stewardess plunked down $500 to "harvest" her first buffalo; then she pointed...
...only visible hints of potential danger are the hunting knives that some of the women wear on their hips. They finance themselves with welfare and food stamps; one member until recently was garnering simultaneous welfare benefits under three names. They make regular "dump runs" to the rear of markets to scavenge for edibles. LSD may still be indulged in but the main trip now is marijuana...