Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ford, in town to honor the championship high school football team, declared that he saw nothing odd about the Vice President of the U.S. taking part in such a ceremony...
...nation Washington Energy Conference spent little time talking about that. The real subject was U.S.-European relations, and the denouement was straight out of the De Gaulle era: the U.S. got everyone to go along with a common approach except France, which again played the role of odd country out at the cost of a deepening split between itself and its Common Market partners...
Nearly all the systems follow the for mat pioneered by Oregon last month: motorists whose license plates end in an even number can buy gas only on the even dates of the calendar; odd-numbered days are reserved for the owners of cars with odd-numbered plates. In order to prevent obsessive "topping off' of tanks, a minimum purchase of half a tankful, or $3 worth, often must be made. Compliance is generally voluntary, but New Jersey and Maryland joined Hawaii in setting up mandatory systems backed by stiff fines of up to $1,000 on station owners...
...beat the system, from 'My wife is about to give birth' to 'My daughter is sick.' It's incredible the sob stories you hear." In Wilkes-Barre, Pa. a woman argued for five minutes at pumpside that eight was not an even but an odd number. In San Diego, bribery reared...
...Infected by his rhythms, the card players and their women begin, raggedly at first, then with a soulful swell, to sing Amazing Grace, coloring the hymn with a chaotic ardor and subtlety that would surely alarm any white missionary. It is not conventional hallelujah; like much of this odd, ritualistic musical, the moment has a certain magnificent energy that leaves one feeling lonely when it is over...