Word: kept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...John C. Bennett. Merely talking about the steamy mud and mold df the jungle war, while the temperature outside plunged to a near-record -53° F., helped the two men keep warm. It was outside, says Mannock, that trouble took over. "My biggest problem was that my beard kept freezing." For the rest of the story, see THE NATION, "The Coldest...
...nuclear weapons that some nonnuclear powers-notably West Germany-have feared might cut them off from peaceful applications of atomic technology. Also, Nixon wants to sound out the Atlantic allies carefully before broaching a summit conference to the Russians; by contrast, Lyndon Johnson dealt directly with Moscow and kept the Europeans posted only after he had decided...
...paid for by the loss of a hand or a foot. At 60 below, steel will break more easily and rubber is as brittle as glass. Standard lubricating oils solidify into a buttery mess, and gasoline must be liberally dosed with alcohol to keep motors running. Unless engines are kept .turning over, they risk a "cold soaking" that seizes every moving part in icy immobility...
...houses." Police Chief Glen Means explained that prostitution was a "necessary evil." Because of it, he says, "there was not a single case of rape in Terre Haute last year. Oh, a few college girls hollered rape, but it really wasn't." Other citizens argued that the trollops kept the college boys contented: despite campus turmoil from coast to coast, Indiana State has had no serious student riots or disturbances...
...regular contact with investigators. Soon some of the story began to get out. Markovic had proved exceptionally able at turning up pretty young girls for his friends; moreover, he produced photographic records of their activities from his private albums even when such mementos were not requested. Properly businesslike, he kept detailed records of the transactions-and there were rumors that those lists included the names of several Gaullist Deputies, the wife of a former Cabinet minister, high-ranking civil servants and wealthy industrialists...