Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brave Marchers. Because the Spaniards had pulled back nine miles to the dissuasion line, the Moroccans encountered no resistance other than the cactus and the sand they kicked up into annoying swirls. Ahead, the land was completely flat until the dissuasion line, where it dips into a valley and rises to a plateau. On the plateau's rim, silhouettes of Spanish army tanks were visible; Spanish helicopters hovered ominously over the advancing column...
...York [Oct. 20] fall flat on its face...
After two years of slumping sales, plunging profits, massive layoffs and a drastic scaling down of the size of its products to meet demands for greater economy, the U.S. auto industry is showing strong signs of recovery. In mid-October, traditionally a flat car-buying period, sales for the Big Four were up 37% over the same period a year ago. American Motors, its Pacer "wide bodied" small car a runaway bestseller, led the way with a 53.5% increase. General Motors followed, with its new subcompact Chevette off to a fast start, with a jump of 43%. Chrysler...
Also known as bagettes and bicycle bags, the minis were first shown with the fall resort-wear collections in Manhattan and Paris. The mini with the most has been Paris-based Kenzo's design. Made of suede, leather or printed cotton, Kenzo's flat half-circle with a snap-down flap has sold millions in copies by Miller, Pappagallo and others. A made-in-Colombia macrame necklace pouch by Kathy McKeany ($5) is expected to be a sellout when it reaches stores across the country this week. More ornate minis include Bagatelle Creations' snakeskin square with...
Then came the bad temper of my roommate, as brisk and fast as the winter cold that swept up against the windows of our second-floor flat from the Place Contrescarpe twenty meters away. My roommate was often angry at me, and there were a lot of things he did that made me angry too, and I suppose the problem wouldn't have been as bad if we hadn't both been morning drinkers but then Paris is a morning drinker's town and we felt in Paris in those days that wine was a good thing, it made...