Word: messing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cloud to safety. Another motorist, Donald Sellers of Tallahassee, a veteran of Army chemical-warfare training, recognized the gas as chlorine and told his wife to get to the floor of the car, where there was still breathable air. "We were both vomiting," he said. "The car was a mess. Fortunately, we had just eaten. The doctors said the food absorbed...
...from the U.S., Western Europe, China, the Soviet Union and various international agencies, which last year totaled about $300 million, has helped keep Tanzania solvent. Officials insist, however, that their nation's difficulties are merely temporary. Explains a Tanzanian socialist: "I know it seems like a mess. The people lack enthusiasm because they often don't have the vision to see the promise of a better life. But that is changing slowly; the foundation is being built...
...weapon as he ran around his house wearing a duck mask that friends had to corner and disarm him. "In the '60s," Zevon explains, "I couldn't have conceived of owning a gun. Now in the '70s, I feel that nobody's going to mess with me. You go from mindlessly believing in peace to arming yourself to learn how to have...
...junior, senior and professional patrolmen swept the mountain--skied every trail, open or closed--looking for injured skiers. Then the senior and professional patrolmen filtered out to their homes for the night, and the juniors had the patrol room to themselves. "We'd mess around. Sometimes people would do homework. A lot of grabass went on, a lot of dope smoking and some drinking. No adult really had too much control. There was a caretaker who lived up there, but he didn't give us any shit if we behaved ourselves as far as noise. Around...
...many serious injuries. He had a collapsed lung that couldn't be fixed until he was stronger, he had a skull fracture, and a subdural hematoma--a blood clot against the brain. His leg was mangled, a compound fracture in several places. He was just a mess...