Word: fogged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Your statement that "most other shipping had been suspended during the fog" is not factual. During the period of fog, a total of seven other vessels entered or sailed from San Francisco Bay. There were no other vessels scheduled to sail or arrive during that period...
...r.p.m., pushing 200,000 Ibs. of pipe with 4,000 Ibs. of pressure. There is an omnipresence about its throb and its beat, shaking the two-storied concrete bunkers the men live in, even as they sleep. It rarely ceases. "Ain't enough wind or rain, ice or fog to ever stop that son of a bitch," one crewman observes with grudging respect...
...only revulsion over mindless bombing that has dampened the passion of the left. A pervasive fog of fatigue, fear and frustration has settled over the barricades. Radicals still insist that "repression" is everywhere, and as evidence they cite drug arrests, expulsions from schools and conspiracy trials. The arrest of the Berrigan brothers, says Harvard Crimson Staffer David Landau, looms as the newest example "of what the Government is prepared to do to kill the antiwar movement...
Kendall's account of Louis' incomparably complex dealings is a model of grace and clarity. At times the fog of Gallic intrigue grows almost too thick for any but the most attentive reader. But it is a tribute to the author's skill that despite the staggering ruck of events and the gulf of years that separates us from his protagonist. Louis comes through not as a monster but a comprehensible human being, fleetingly attractive and always impressive. If he sometimes resembles a Mafia Don organizing Newark, fair enough. Louis XI didn't want love...
...however, thousands of more constructive citizens-hardhats, longhairs. soldiers, schoolchildren-joined in round-the-clock efforts to rescue birds and mop up beaches. Standard Oil rushed in big supplies of cleaning equipment. The Coast Guard launched an investigation. For one thing, most other shipping had been suspended during the fog, and the Standard tankers had no pilots. In addition state legislators introduced bills aimed at strengthening navigational and piloting safeguards in California's inland waters...