Word: ironing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After three years of iron-fisted rule, Greece's military junta suddenly seemed to be relaxing its grip. A total of 332 political prisoners were unexpectedly released from jail en masse. Twenty-seven men and women convicted of participating in a bomb plot that rocked Athens last summer were given lighter-than-expected sentences. A hand-picked senate of 50 men from various income levels and occupations was being formed to advise Premier George Papadopoulos and his colleagues...
Suspended over the grandstand seats is a red iron walkway leading to a structure that looks like a red caboose. Inside are the press box, the stewards' box, the photo-finish darkroom, and the announcer...
...days after a race. I'd poultice him, and bathe his feet in Epsom salts, and let him stand in ice, and then in hot water. And then in about four or five days he'd be like a tiger. He had so much class, that horse," he sighed. "Iron Band was his name. He was named good. And he was tough...
...fighting for anti-pollution devices on automobiles, the goal is so limited that success can easily co-opt the reformer. Improve the automobiles so that more roads will be built, more iron can be mined, and more oil can be pumped. All of these efforts while the government mouths its concern for pollution...
...that round, Smallnick kept making incredibly lucky shots, but none was so amazing as a three-iron that he hit on the tenth hole. After hooking his drive on the 390-yard dogleg to the left. Smallnick could not even see the green for the trees. The smart Engineer then devised a plan which would propel his ball on a flight pattern like that of a boomerang. He would hook the ball around the trees...