Word: fender
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...walked out of his apartment in a Beirut suburb, sat down at the wheel of his Austin 1100 and turned on the ignition. The car disintegrated in a horrendous explosion that killed the occupants and shook the neighborhood. Ten pounds of plastique had been stuffed under the right front fender; a hand grenade that served as detonator was wired to the ignition...
...Betty Ann Fender Cook, 22, barely out of Washington's Howard University and now pursuing a master's degree in sociology at Atlanta University, decided last fall to run for delegate in Georgia's Fifth Congressional District...
...fender plus the rental fee until the car was repaired and on the road again; because of notorious delays in delivery of spare parts, that might mean months and could amount to $777.70 or more...
...keep his foot on the brake to maintain a safe distance between truck and car. But when the Moskvich's brakes began to smoke, Parchamovsky took his foot off the pedal. At that instant, the truck braked abruptly to avoid a pedestrian. Result: one crumpled Moskvich right fender. At the rental agency, Parchamovsky was told what the outing would cost...
Parchamovsky faced a total bill of at least $944.35, or 59% of the average Soviet annual wage. Fortunately for Parchamovsky, the agent knew a black-market garage where he could get a new fender installed immediately, so the repair cost a mere...