Word: jolt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...business. It provides jobs for 30,000 people, produces 30% of Brazil's crude-oil needs, grosses almost $350 million a year. But Petrobras is also one of Brazil's sickest companies -hard hit by graft and inefficiency, and honeycombed with far-leftists. Last week, after a jolt of scandals, Petrobras was anything but untouchable...
...Crimson matmen's chance to repeat last year's second-place finish suffered a jolt when Penn (3-1) whipped Yale (1-2) by an 18-13 margin. The Quakers squeaked past Harvard earlier, 16-15; if the Crimson is to tie Penn for second place behind Cornell, someone is going to have to beat the Quakers. The last hope is Columbia; Harvard squeaked past the Lions 16-14 this weekend. Since Columbia has yet to wrestle Cornell, the Lions are almost certain to drop at least one more match; if they do upset Penn, all three teams will wind...
...buildings have not only grown accustomed to the loneliness of the operatorless elevator, they have also developed a conditioned reflex. They instinctively slap any metal object-typewriter, watercooler, doorknob-with the flat of the hand before using. Otherwise, little blue sparks fly from fingertips and a nasty, if harmless, jolt runs up the arm. In fact, even the most cautious palm-slapper sometimes yields a small tingle...
...DeAngelis), on nothing at all. There are bound to be cries for stricter federal rules on commodity margins, and some other clients may find themselves in trouble. In any case, public confidence in the way that Wall Street and its brokerage houses run their affairs has suffered an unsettling jolt...
Ships & Caesars. Manna is adept at verbal slapstick. He is the fellow who created in the night boites of Cocoa Beach the astronaut who refused to be blasted off until his missing crayons were found. In another routine, he lands the first men on the moon-with such a jolt that their trousers fall down. He has some good one-liners. "I don't talk about Liz Taylor because some day it will be my turn," he says. He also notes that he never talks about his wife because "what's done is done...