Word: flushed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...anguish of waiting and hoping finally brought a burst of phone calls from the Pentagon last week. For 562 families, the years of uncertainty were over, and in a euphoric flush, they rushed to prepare for the homecoming...
Aqua Sans systems have been adapted to existing facilities in Mount Rushmore's visitor center, a New York tugboat and a naval barracks at Annapolis, Md. They work well. But right now Aqua Sans is too expensive to be widely used. Each flush costs .8? (v. .035? for a conventional toilet). Still, it fills a definite need in places with plenty of business but scant water supplies: for example, in desert gas stations or mountaintop rest rooms, and, of course, on ships...
...Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills is again a prime tourist attraction, and sightseeing buses nose past it daily. The house remains, however, as much a fortress as it was when Brando took it over in 1961 from the previous occupant, Howard Hughes. Despite, or perhaps because of his renewed flush of popularity, Brando still insists that "privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to; it's an absolute requisite." He still holds to his old credo that "conformity breeds mediocrity." And although he does not ride a motorcycle much any more, he remains a restless loner...
...take nothin' out." "Is that a blessin', Reverend," she retorts, asking a question blacks should have asked themselves a long time ago. Tyson's confrontation with the Reverend is just one of several scenes in which her performance is both evocative and dramatic. Ritt has the ability to flush a flood of emotion from his actors. All the performances are convincing; and child-actor Kevin Hooks is endearing...
Fordham-Columbia: The Lions are really adept in self-delusion this season. I've never seen so much propaganda flush out of one school. Paul Kaliades for the Heisman Trophey. Hold the phone, Frank, let's put it back in perspective. Unfortunately, Fordham is just learning how to play football and is embarking on its first real varsity season. So for now at least, Lions...