Word: moving
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...homes that could send real estate taxes soaring by more than 100% in many cases and in some instances by an incredible 1,000% or more. The dizzying increases will mean a drastically reduced standard of living for most property owners; many will be forced to sell out and move elsewhere...
Back in 1972, Motel Operator Angelo Asciolla of Lake Winnisquam, N.H., paid $5,200 for a new Olds Delta 88. After driving it all of 1,390 miles, he discovered that the car would move neither forward nor backward. As he later learned, the GM dealer had left the auto in water up to the floor boards before palming...
Basic training remains rigorous. "For the first four months I thought I had died and gone to hell," says a Scandinavian recruit. "The legion was intent on breaking me down until I could neither think nor move until somebody ordered me to." Officers think nothing of ordering a legionnaire to run-not march-through 35 miles of mountain country, and then having the man practice parachute drops the next morning...
Midge Costanza, presidential assistant, who has been relieved of some of her duties, on the move of her office to the White House basement: "I like to call it the ground floor...
Despite 13 unmanned missions to Venus since 1961, ten by the Soviet Union and three by the U.S., Earth's nearest planetary neighbor has remained an enigma. Shrouded in a veil of fast-moving, pale yellow clouds, its surface temperature about 480° C. (900° F.)-hot enough to melt lead-Venus has tenaciously resisted attempts to probe its secrets. As Earth and Venus move closer together this year, two American and two Russian space probes will again test the formidable Venusian defenses. Last week, after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral, the first U.S. ship was speeding...