Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eye-for-eye, tooth-for-tooth warfare snapped a six-week cease-fire along the border that had been arranged by the U.S. The confrontation threatened to snag the slow and painful process by which President Carter hopes to get Israelis and Arabs together at a Geneva peace conference, presumably this year. At his press conference last week, Carter deplored the heavy loss of life, but he declined to single out Israel for striking what had obviously turned out to be civilian targets. "The overriding consideration," the President said, "is not to condemn Israel at this point for retaliation...
...indicator of favorites: the library card. Books, after all, are merely purchased by adults; they are read by the young. This year, as in all years, the market is glutted with the inane and the precious, the coy and the overproduced-volumes designed to catch the shopper's eye, not the child's heart. Still, this year, as in all years, a few volumes have the aura of permanence: books that will not only be bought but-far more important-also borrowed...
...more than 4,000 cards. Players who switch cards, load dice or pinch bets pose a constant threat to profitability. So does the danger of thievery by employees: to discourage theft, cash from the company's 3,900 gaming tables and slot machines is counted under the watchful eye of closed-circuit television cameras. To prevent overstaffing in the casinos-another potential drain on profits-head counts are taken on the floor every four hours and used to compute the number of employees who will be called for each shift...
...breaks, we're just gonna be hell on wheels," the new captain, with a gleam in his eye, claimed last night. "We definitely have the people, it's just a matter of if we can stay healthy," he said...
...Lacemaker, has a face you might pass a hundred times without noticing, only to discover on the hundredth-and-first passing that it is indeed beautiful. Simple in feature and freckled, the face must be studied carefully before you begin to discern a hesitant glimmer in the eye and a warmth in the smile. You could call it childlike, but there is a certain melancholy under the surface...