Word: gibraltarism
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...Mediterranean is a closed sea, its only significant outlet being the Straits of Gibraltar. Nearly 90% of the sewage that pours into its waters is untreated. The Naples sewer system is so antiquated that authorities cannot even locate the pipes. In Athens, 60% of the city is not connected to the central sewage system. Pollution is most severe along the French and Italian Rivieras, where the chemical wastes of thousands of factories are flushed directly into the sea or carried there by major rivers. The chances of getting all 18 countries that border the Mediterranean to agree on methods...
...Samuel Horowitz, an aged widower who has been mugged by blacks, suffered a stroke and is blisteringly irate to find himself in the hands of a black therapist. Formidably equipped for any racial skirmish, Mrs. Washington (Esther Rolle) is the kind of woman who could make the Rock of Gibraltar crumble. While the antiblack, anti-Jewish jokes may offend those of liberal pieties, the laughter on opening night roared through Broadway's John Golden Theater at hurricane force. The odd couple radiates sweetness and light at the end of the evening...
...bluffing. Then the war might start up again-or else the Syrians would maintain a "liberated zone" in Jordan, mortgaging the King's survival. Four more destroyers were therefore authorized to head for the Mediterranean; two attack submarines were slated to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar. Contingency planning against Soviet intervention continued...
...drive; he then adds the little bit extra, the pithy advice that makes us do well." The personality of the man, as well as the counsel of the coach, is the crucial factor. Howard Johnson '81 remarks, "He's inspiring because he's such a stable Rock-of Gibraltar person." Hap Porter '79 sums up the crew's relationship with the coach: I trust him--totally. It's easy to have a winner teach you how to be a winner...
...added that his squad will play in a five day round-robin tournament against teams from Gibraltar, Morocco, and Britain...