Word: em
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Where do we come from? So we tell 'em...
Bunkers of rock and earth and 5-ft. -thick concrete gun turrets dominate each piece of high ground. A labyrinth of thick-walled tunnels connects the whole. Garages have been dug out for tanks and vehicles; 20-ft.-high earth work barricades protect artillery em placements, and the miles of minefields are dotted with tank traps. The enemy is prepared to defend the heights with two armored brigades, one mechanized infantry brigade, one mobile brigade, 18 battalions of artillery, and six in fantry brigades, each with its own tank battalion - a total of some...
...does mainland standards like Coin' Out of My Head and latter-day island songs like You'll Never Find Another Kanaka [Native Boy] Like Me. Obligatory at every show is a song called Suck 'em Up, meaning "Bottoms up." When Don moans "Ah ha," the whole house raises $2.50 mai tais and belts along "Suck 'em up." "The more you drink and spend," he quips, "the more chance we get our boy. land back...
...latest ploy of the gun magazines is to involve the whole family. "I weaned my boys on armadillo shooting," began one article. "Teach 'Em Young, Teach 'Em Right," was the title of a Guns & Ammo piece, accompanied by an illustration of a three-year-old girl getting instructions in the use of a revolver. This family concern is reflected in advertising. "Easy as pie," says an ad in Gun World promoting hand loading. A comely matron is shown holding a plateful of cartridges as if it were a pie, while her three admiring daughters look on. "Today," continued...
...That changes the ballgame!" cried one Allis-Chalmers executive. And there, at least by Ling's calculations, it should have ended. Even Beauchamp (pronounced beach 'em) E. Smith, the Allis-Chalmers director with the biggest block of shares (21,560), pronounced the new offer "far, far more interesting." There was little likelihood that the company would find a savior with anything like LTV's bankroll (furnished by a group of banks headed by the Bank of America) and willing to offer a better price. The company, L-T-V figured, was boxed in and liable...