Word: packed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...freeze would favor the enemy. "If we freeze now," declared Representative Henry Hyde, Republican of Illinois, "it's like freezing with their hands at our throat." If the Zablocki resolution passes, warned New York Republican Jack Kemp, "you can just tell the negotiators in Geneva to pack their bags and come home...
...experience of the Hinckley jurors may have been welcome to some and unwelcome to others. But it was not unique. Citizens chosen to serve in major trials these days may be well advised to pack some Pan-Cake makeup along with their toothbrushes, for much of the global village is likely to be looking in. A Massachusetts lawyer tells the story of some women who were upset when an extended court session forced them to miss hairdresser appointments they had scheduled because of the TV coverage. Jurors judging Convict Author Jack Henry Abbott received hate calls after announcing their verdict...
...time) wrote about 100 traffic tickets a year. That was about it, until George Morgan was hired in June. In just three weeks on the job, Officer Morgan had handed out 53 tickets. Perhaps his worst mistake was giving one to Town Alderman Harvey Penberthy. With Penberthy leading the pack, the angry ticket holders besieged the board of aldermen to rid the town of this new menace. On July 11, Morgan was fired...
...leads the pack of record-breaking hits
...hired donkeys to carry our backpacks, but nonetheless had a difficult time reaching the top of the pass that led back out of the Panjshir Valley. As we reached the summit, we saw before us a seemingly unending stream of small guerrilla pack trains, each laden with heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, burlap sacks of ammunition, mortars and AK-47s. The horses stumbled as they tried to climb the zigzagging paths...