Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recounted a fantasy game she had just left. "The plants had a death spread on them. But I was killed just before that." The game, Gamma World, is a futuristic (postnuclear holocaust) contest in which participants adopt the characteristics and hostilities of humans and aliens. "It's a lot more exciting than Monopoly," the player explained brightly. "No dragon's ever going to jump on you in Monopoly...
Army has been placing a lot of emphasis on battle simulations," said Carrico. "It decreases the cost of maneuvers and also increases expertise. The thought was that by spreading our expertise around, we might induce some of these guys into the military, among other things. We also thought we might pick up a few ideas for our own simulations." Carrico and his colleagues gave the civilian amateurs high marks for their skills at play-fighting. Said Lieut. Bill Bradburn, 25, a field-artillery officer: "Some of them are amazingly adept. They have a tremendous grasp of some of the theory...
...that its energy program would not be much of a burden because it would cut costs to consumers; it enraged the Israelis and confused the Arabs by its tangled statements about the Palestinians. Such irritating zigzagging has led one Democratic Senator to observe: "For a while, everyone spent a lot of time just trying to figure him out. It can't be done. We've given...
...with some eclat, setting forth in June 1977 on a 13-day, seven-nation tour of Latin America. There was some criticism of a presidential wife's playing diplomat, but she demonstrated considerable knowledge of the area and concern for its problems. "My talks saved Jimmy a lot of time," she told Washington Correspondent Johanna McGeary last week, "because he can pick up where I left off." There were other criticisms, though, of such foibles as her creation of a special seal for her trip. Says one longtime acquaintance: "Rosalynn revels in the servants and the service. She gets...
...lettuce was delayed. Then, when the lettuce seeds were finally in the ground, many of them were washed away by subsequent downpours. The price of lettuce on the East Coast rose to a staggering $1 and even more per head. Observes Rancher Willie Chamberlin: "It's a lot like a breakfast table. Sometimes you have a little pancakes left over. Sometimes you have a little syrup left over. The trick is to make it come out even...