Word: gal
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...cars to run smoothly. To encourage increased no-lead output, as of Dec. 1 the Department of Energy will allow refiners to pass more of the actual costs of producing gas on to consumers, which could mean a further increase in prices from 2? to 4? per gal. In the past year, the average price at the major companies' stations has risen from about 62½? per gal. to more than 67? some Manhattan gas gougers now charge more than 90?. Given the fact that OPEC is about to raise the cost of crude oil again, and that this...
When the real shooting starts, are the folks on the home front prepared to be told of gal grunts and female flyers coming home in pine boxes? Unless Americans can handle that, all the peacetime combat training in the world won't be worth a spent bullet, because the G.I. Janes are going to stay home...
After writing my mother a letter in last week's column, I fully expected a reply from the ol' gal to arrive in my mailbox this week. Well, Tuesday came--no letter. Wednesday came--no letter. THURSDAY came--no letter. And then yesterday, just as I was packing my bags for Princeton, the president of The Crimson, Frank Connolly ambled up to me. "J.D.," he said, "I think we should talk." He was holding a piece of paper that read as follows; October...
...points of gold prospecting, while he applies himself to Julia's education in bed. "You can always tell a virgin on account of the whites of the eyes aren't clear," Henry assures her. "I don't want to brag a lot, but I have on occassion put a gal or two in tune with nature." Undaunted, the feisty Julia spits back, "I'm sure nature is grateful...
...with most other urban headaches, the problem is more serious in New York than in any other community. The city's estimated 1.4 million dogs dump some 125 tons of feces daily-not to mention 100,000 gal. of urine. This is not merely an aesthetic and emotional issue between dog owners and doo-dodgers, but a matter of health as well, since the minute roundworm eggs excreted by many dogs can be transmitted to humans, particularly children, and can ultimately affect the kidneys, liver, lungs, brain and eyes...