Word: necked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like to take the skin and wrap it around her neck...
...Miracle of St. Joseph. They are never disappointed. At 10:30 a.m., a stocky woman with soft gray hair and intense brown eyes walks quietly in front of a modest pedestal holding a small statue of St. Joseph and the infant Jesus. An aide strings a microphone around her neck. Then to her rapt audience Mrs. Frances Klug, 51, a devout Catholic, mother of three and wife for 26 years of an insurance agent, explains that she is "only a transmitter" not only for various saints (especially St. Joseph) but also for the Virgin Mary and even the Blessed Trinity...
...them: the Robert E. Ginna reactor near Rochester, N.Y., Palisades near Kalamazoo, Mich., Maine Yankee at Wiscasset, Me., Indian Point No. 2 at Buchanan, N.Y., Beach Point No. 2 at Two Creeks, Wis., Turkey Point No. 3 on Florida's Biscayne Bay and Surry No. 2 in Gravel Neck...
Even with so much spent on keeping its overseas empire, Portugal does not look on the colonies as a heavy millstone around its neck. "With its African colonies, Portugal is a world power," one diplomat commented. "Without them it is only the poor man of Europe...
However, the kiwis jumped out to a commanding (and what proved to be insurmountable) lead as the race got under way. The U.S. and East German contingents were left to battle for the runner up spot. The two boats battled neck and neck for three-fourths of the race, until, with 200 meters to go, the Americans sprinted furiously to sign out the East Germans by 06 of one second. The U.S. silver medal effort was over three seconds shower than the New Zealand winning time...