Word: loos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Declaring that the deposed dictator "deserves the gallows" for his role in killing at least 300,000 of his people, the national radio called on Ugandans "to find him wherever he is." Lule (pronounced Loo-lay), who will hold office until elections can be called, struck a more reflective note when he told his countrymen, "Ugandans from every tribe and every family have suffered from his murders, torture, terror, robbery and plunder. From this day, Ugandans must resolve never to allow a dictator to rule them again...
...nation was literally quartered by the British map makers who brushed in arbitrary political boundaries during their heyday of 19th century imperialism. Like so much of this part of the world in the late 20th century, this "country" can no longer be ignored. Its name is Baluchistan (pronounced Ba-loo-chi-stan...
...might be sweet in St. Loo-ee this summer, too. The Cards have a stacked deck for '78, with a solid pitching staff led by Bob Forsch and John Denny, superstars Garry "Jump Steady" Templeton and Ted "Simba" Simmons, and the best-fielding infield in the major leagues (you could look...
...deep thinking and stashing wet umbrellas. Yet even in its more basic functions, the contemporary American bathroom is "hopelessly antiquated and inadequate," in the view of Alexander Kira, an architect and Cornell professor who has immersed himself in the subject for 17 years. Indeed, he points out, the Western loo has changed little since the late 19th century, when Thomas Crapper of London patented his flush toilet-and thereby insinuated himself into colloquial English...
...cross-hatched cuts of Fenway's grass, the flag blowing out to straight away center, the packed Park shouting "Loo-ee, Loo-ee." Next slide, Freddie Lynn's arching home run finding its way to the Sox bullpen, click, the ugly scene of Lynn's body sprawled at the base of the Monster, a dissolve and a fade-in with the scoreboard Reds 6 Sox 3. Click, the Carbo miracle settling into the center field seats, click, Doyle out at the plate, the victory postponed, Morgan robbed by the golden glove of Evans, and finally the dancing, prancing Carlton Fisk...