Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most popular with satin shawl collar, the tuxedo also comes in peaked lapels; even notched lapels trimmed in braid were recently introduced. A pleated formal shirt with French cuffs, black bow tie, and Cummerbund, and black Oxford shoes and hose finish the outfit. However, young men in this area have been known to dispense with the French cuffs and Oxford shoes without disasterous effects...
...Hoses & Cam Covers. Suddenly a great roar went up from the crowd. Clark's Lotus was spewing oil. A 10? connecting hose had given way. Now it was Gurney out front, gracefully threading through traffic like a patrolling turnpike cop. After 131 miles, only one other car was on the same lap: the white Offy of Texas' Veteran A. J. Foyt, 28, winner of the Indy 500 in 1961, two-time U.S.A.C. champion. At one point, Foyt closed to within 7 sec. But Gurney was boxed in. He broke clear and within ten laps the lead grew...
...interest rates up to 20% for it, and many are crusty independents who object to yielding some control of their operations to lenders bent on protecting their investments. Big companies get much of their capital from depreciation and retained earnings, but Chairman Herbert Woodward of Chicago's hose-and duct-making DK Manufacturing Co. notes that if a small business has a good year, "you tie up so much money in inventory and accounts receivable that you don't have a thing left for research and development." For new-product ideas, small manufacturers must often rely on trade...
...rain stops before they start working. Dusty cargo is worth a 25% bonus; smelly cargo, 35%. And when a ship is loading or unloading gasoline and oil, dockmen collect 50% on top of their regular pay for doing no work at all-they just sit and watch hose crews man the pumps...
...exactly appreciate McGreedy's intrusion, since they happen to have murdered the man he's looking for. Finally the antagonisms well over: Ernest Borgnine (as one of the gang), chides Tracy and gets clobbered with some one-armed karate. Another gang member, Lee Marvin, gets dispatched by a fire hose. And the leader, Robert Ryan, meets his fate when Tracy makes a Molotov cocktail from a bourbon bottle and the gasoline from a jeep...