Word: locks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moving so much weight so fast. A handsome, twinengine Beechcraft Aztec wheeled out of a hanger, its tall pilot walking behind it in the drizzle. He was dark with a bulky, wool sweater, and brown pants that tapered down to pointed shoes. He had a Gallic look, a black lock folded back from forehead like a bird's wing. I made my approach. He grinned slightly and motioned to the co-pilot's seat...
...Chicago, 1980 has been just one calamity after another. First, the city's bond rating was lowered, raising Chicago's interest rates. Next, Mayor Jane Byrne had to lock labor negotiators behind closed doors until they agreed on a contract to end a two-week teachers' strike. Then, on Valentine's Day, almost all the city's 4,300 fire fighters struck...
Almost 70 per cent of students, and a plurality of the city, registered as Independents, something of a surprise in a district long regarded as lock, stock and barrel Democratic. And hundreds more students and other residents switched their registration from Democrat to Independent...
...added that while there are "many people whom I would not like to see on the streets now, the way in which we treat people who we lock up now is inhumane...
Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin has said it repeatedly: "Winning on the road will be the key to the Ivy League this year." But the lock has hardly turned for Harvard. The loss is the Crimson's third out of four tries in the Ivies, all on the road; and its overall record falls...