Word: loadings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...frame. Now he can sport a rip-proof nylon bag and an aluminum or magnesium carrier, which -j have shaved down the weight of an av! erage unloaded pack from 12 Ibs. to 2 Ibs. In addition, the pack frame is orthopedically contoured to distribute the weight of the load along the bones that can bear it best. This type of pack costs around $50 and is usually the first item, after his hiking boots, on the backpacker's shopping list. Others...
...Congress, Riegle found the work load for a conscientious Representative almost intolerable, and he admits that his accomplishments have been negligible. A typical day's mail brought him 88 letters from his district, seven invitations to appear or speak, eight letters from colleagues seeking legislative support. Overworked on the House Appropriations Committee, where he felt he could easily use five staff assistants, and constantly required to fly home to serve constituents and attend meetings, Riegle felt "like a piece of meat being hauled here and there...
...folks started to gather at Malcolm X Park, 16th and Euclid Street, N.W. at 9:30 a.m. Liberation colors--red, black and green--were the standard of the day. Red, black and green jumpsuits, hats, dashikis. A bus load of little children from Baltimore entered the park carrying Liberation flags...
...whole baggage-car load of deputies riding the rails after Jesse and Cole, led by Alan Pinkerton himself and clearly modeled after the superposse in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The difference is that this posse never does make any real headway. The deputies seem to spend all their time glowering and oiling their rifles, and when the train finally stops, Jesse and Cole are never in the neighborhood...
...rich, successful, and surrounded by important friends. All Harvard offers is crummy pay, a heavy teaching load, and a community infested with underfed hippies and overdressed tourists. So why am I beating my brains out to stay here? BAFFLED...