Word: mering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...disabusing me of any pretensions towards heroism. So, popping open a 10 a.m. beer with the local priest and a couple of the town aldermen, I reluctantly boarded the reconverted, Prohibition era rum-runner the local ferry monopoly had provided to shuttle us off to safety for a mere $1.75 apiece. My friends I left to their uncertain fate...
...this of course opens the book up to charges of being mere trivial adventurism, an historical Deliverance with all white water and no significance. And, to an extent, perhaps the charges are true. Allen, a native of that fine old whaling town, New Bedford, is plainly obsessed with all things nautical and often seems more to mourn the founderings of classic yachts than the deaths of those who went down with them. A Wind to Shake the World is thus more a showcase for the battle of man against nature than a display of how people react to each other...
...Rennsaeler Polytechnic Institute Tournament, in which the Williams College goaltender was snowbound prior to the Ephmen's contest with Brown. The desperate Williams coach received permission to ask Richardson to play for his squad. Needless to say, Richardson calmly put on the purple colors and made a mere 56 saves against the Bruins...
Saturday's slalom dropped Radcliffe back into its final third place standing. Ace freshman Fajtova turned in a fourth place finish, missing the third spot by a mere four-tenths of a second...
...most sharply debated aspect of the program is whether a rebate will increase demand enough to boost the economy substantially. Critics contend that it will require a big permanent reduction in individual income taxes, not a mere $50 per person, to persuade consumers to buy big-ticket items such as major household appliances, cars and houses. Government economists insist that the rebates should be enough to boost demand, lift production and put more people to work. Moreover, the rebate has the advantage of being temporary, and the Administration has no intention of permanently losing current tax revenue that could later...