Word: lee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Minnesota, farmers sometimes stack bales of straw or garbage bags full of leaves against the outside of drafty house foundations. Cora Lee McKnight, 68, a Decatur, Mich., grandmother tells of Depression-era schemes to beat the cold: smearing a paste of flour and water into cracks, stuffing thickly folded newspapers between window and screen. "And we usually put hot-water bottles into our beds to keep our feet warm," she says. Other sug gestions: wrapping water heaters in blankets, insulating windows with corrugated cardboard and placing old carpets under new ones...
More and more OPEC members are discovering that they can collect just as much by cutting production. Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria and Libya have all announced cutback plans for 1980, and others are likely to follow. Warns Gulf Oil Corp. President James Lee: "We estimate that OPEC could cut its exports by about 8 million bbl. per day, or nearly 25%, and still maintain balanced economies for its members." Reason: as the cartel sold less oil, the price for the diminished supply would automatically surge...
Police claim that the person doing the syndicate's homework on the computer was Jerry Shinkle, 40, a Sandia employee with a doctorate in mechanical engineering. Shinkle, says Lee Hollingsworth, the company's chief computer analyst, "is a very bright young man." FBI agents later found betting information and a copy of the computer code in Shinkle's home. The engineer was fired in November and prosecutors with take his case to a federal grand jury later this month. Possible charges: violations of federal gambling and racketeering statutes...
Coach Johnny Lee juggled the lineup for the matches against the weak Bridgewater State Bears. From the moment Harvard's Howard Verlin tied John Quinn up with leg moves, the meet looked like just an extra practice seesion for the Crimson...
...Plymouth State meet, coach Johnny Lee sent in his newcomers; they returned the compliment with several key wins. The most pleasant surprise came on a first period pin by freshman 134-pounder Ed Gazvoda. Wes Carrion, Paul Rozk and Buck Burnaman all added key points with their first varsity wins...