Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last installment about municipal mix-ups, Wichita, Kans., had just received 15 cases of wine from its sister city, Orleans, France. But the wine had to be held in a warehouse because a tax of $10.36 had to be paid, and state law forbade the city to pay taxes on liquor...
...rest of the matches, though, were a frustrating mix of ifs, ands, and buts, as the visitors swiped four of the six singles matches to set up the kill, and then polished the Crimson off with three straight-set doubles victories...
...naval exercise, the Soviet admirals demonstrated an ominous ability to coordinate global fleet operations, including drills in anticarrier, convoy and submarine tactics. Says Sir Peter Hill-Norton, admiral of the British fleet: "The U.S. had never previously faced a global threat to its sea-lane communications from a mix of subsurface, surface and maritime-air naval forces. This is a strategic change of kind, not of degree...
...rhetoric, the manual contains instructions grouped under seven headings: renting or buying a "safe" house, use of automobiles, work methods, appointments, contact with relatives, personal care and what to do in case of arrest. Ringing a kind of middle-class change on Mao's dictum that guerrillas should mix with the people as fish swim in water, the handbook conveys a portrait of an organization that is both rigorously disciplined and shrewd...
...know. During the course of a 16-year career, this group produced some uncommonly rich music. Their best work demonstrates a literary appreciation of American myth and a ravenous affection for American pop songs; jazz, folk, hillbilly, soul and country music are all part of The Band's mix. In The Last Waltz, the group performs most of its best-known numbers. At times its members share Winterland's stage with such past associates and current cronies as Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison and Emmylou Harris...