Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...limited so far to Denver's airport, wear green-and-white lapel pins bearing the acronym TORQUE, which stands for "Try Our Real Quality United Experience." But on the hidden backside of the pin is a more provocative symbol. It depicts a jet, similar to those in Continental's fleet, with a large screw embedded in its gold-painted tail...
...although sensational, have been made elsewhere. But a 23-month campaign by Margaret Thatcher's government to ban the book and any reports about its contents in Britain and the Commonwealth has turned the book into an international publishing phenomenon. It has also sparked a showdown between a defiant Fleet Street and a stubborn Prime Minister over Britain's press and secrecy laws...
...Fleet Street reacted with derision. The Daily Mirror published upside-down photos of the three Law Lords who sided with the government above the caption YOU FOOLS. British editions of The Economist ran an otherwise blank page with a box explaining that a review of Spycatcher was appearing in all 170 countries where the magazine has subscribers, except one. "For our 420,000 readers there," the editors wrote, paraphrasing Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist, "this page is blank...
...since the bases belong to all the people and are not to be appropriated for individual use. Sacrifices, on the other hand, are encouraged and often occur even with no runners on base. Instead of left-, center- and rightfielders, the lapta outfield features two leftfielders followed around by a fleet fellow traveler, or occasionally a British free agent eager to play ball with the Russians...
...shuttle bus was one of a fleet of five.During the academic year the buses are used toshuttle students to numerous stops between theQuad and Mather House...