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Word: jam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sophisticated electronic gear. With an inexpensive and readily available police-band radio, Sulman claimed, he had easily tuned in on Secret Service messages about Ford's movements. The disclosure raised the possibility that any plotter could fairly easily pick up conversations describing Ford's itinerary, or even jam radio messages between the agents by broadcasting on the same frequency. But the Secret Service maintains that anyone who wanted to do harm to the President could get much more valuable information about his schedule simply by reading a local newspaper. Besides, in a real emergency, the agents guarding Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The President Looked Scared' | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...outside Apapa, port for the capital city of Lagos. Last week no fewer than 406 ships of all shapes and sizes were backed up waiting their turn for dock space. At least one vessel has been stuck outside Apapa since last February. Maritime experts call it the worst shipping jam in modern history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: The Cement Block | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...field goal was set up by a Kubacki sprint of 71 yards on a busted play. Kubacki originally intended to run an option to the right, but ran into a traffic jam consisting of his own players and some Dartmouth defenders in his backfield. So, apparently thinking discretion the better part of valor, he turned left, and voila, there lay the whole field, void of Dartmouth players, before...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Crimson Defense Thwarts Green, 24-10 | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...alumni, the game awakens the biggest demand for tickets, except for those infrequent times when Yale and Harvard come down to the final game for the Ivy title. This year is no exception, as 32,000 will jam the stadium tomorrow...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Harvard-Dartmouth: No Love Lost | 10/25/1975 | See Source »

...eighth, Bando, who tatooed the short left-field wall all day, doubled for his fourth hit. But Drago squirmed out of the jam, striking out Jackson and getting Gene Tenace on a line drive to Yastrzemski...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Sox Dump Oakland, 6-3, Lead in Playoff Series, 2-0 | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

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