Word: horned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie," Taylor makes the allusion more straightforward: "I am not even worthy to be his slave." In the Book of Daniel, when Nebuchadnezzar makes a gold image and orders people to worship it when they hear the sounds of "horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp," Taylor offers instead a touch of Sousa: "When the band strikes up." Despite such lapses, Taylor's Bible is easy to read and remarkably understandable...
...Vietnamese units once again attacked South Vietnamese positions across the My Chanh River on both sides of Highway 1. One morning before dawn, their tanks quickly encircled the South Vietnamese Third Marine Battalion, running around their positions, as one U.S. adviser put it, "like Sitting Bull at Little Big Horn." The South Vietnamese cheered and yelled when U.S. Army
...Because a tough press code inhibits critics of the Papadopoulos regime, most newspapers in Greece now imply criticism only by withholding praise. Such discretion never appealed to Yiannis Horn, editor-publisher-owner of the English-language Athens News (circ. 6,000). He not only prints statements by opposition politicians but also punctuates stories with blunt editor's notes ("We demand an explanation from the regime on this"). Last October Horn headlined a story on Spiro Agnew's visit: BOMBS, RECRUITED SCHOOLCHILDREN...
GREET AGNEW. Unfortunately for Horn, News makeup men inadvertently left out the paragraph reporting the protest bombings and the enforced turnout of pupils. Because the article as printed did not back up the headline, the government convicted Horn of practicing "negligent" journalism. Last week Horn, 60, who is in poor health, began serving a 28-week sentence. But authorities released him after two days pending an appeal...
...regatta Fall and Spring season, the 'Cliffe, coached by Mike Horn, nabbed eight firsts, five seconds, five thirds, one fourth and one fifth. Co-captained by Barbie Grant and Janice Stroud, the team beat 111 opponents while losing to only 21 in this year's multi-college regattas...