Word: mapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bumper might at first be worth 10; but an entirely different bumper--or a set of bumpers, or a hole, or an alley--could increase its value to 100. The pinball machine, at first no more than a collection of independent lights and bumpers, had become a complex map of interwoven, interrelated features...
...telephone executive, was dumbfounded by the violence and noticeably more anxious. A devout Roman Catholic, she spent many hours in prayer. In their helplessness, the parents began to clutch at straws: two psychics were invited to the Hearsts' house in suburban Hillsborough and ran their fingers over a map of Northern California seeking "impulses" of Patty's whereabouts. Searching for a way to reach his daughter, Randolph Hearst paid a call on "Death Row Jeff," an inmate at Vacaville State Prison who was acquainted with the S.L.A.'s Donald DeFreeze. Three months after the kidnaping, Hearst offered...
...Brennan's anyway. Chelonian racing has been popular in California for over a decade, but at Brennan's it has become a cult. Each Thursday evening up to 700 aficionados toting map turtles, pacific pond turtles, diamondbacks and other favored varieties converge on the bar in search of a spot on its 13-race card and the chance to cart home a plywood trophy. There are time sheets and a record book, and the turtle with the evening's fastest time has its name engraved on a plaque that sits behind the bar. The track record...
Rollers is the British word for soft rockers. That accounts for one part of the group's name. Its collective eye on the American market, the Rollers stuck a pin in a map of the U.S. and hit Bay City, Mich...
...avoid giving Boston's schools the appearance of armed camps, uniformed police are being stationed inside South Boston High School, at least at first. Plainclothesmen are assigned to patrol the corridors there, at Charlestown High and several other schools (see map). In addition, Boston's school administration has bought 15 weapons detectors−similar to those used in airports−which were placed inside high schools to prevent students from carrying knives, chains and guns to class. Students are being issued identification cards at Southie and several other schools where trouble is expected...