Word: packs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decided that Anquetil was finally over the hill. Oh no! cried his sponsors-a bicycle manufacturer and an aperitif firm, who were counting on Jacques to spread their gospel through the provinces. Oh well, sighed Anquetil, and sullenly hopped aboard his fragile racing bike and pedaled off with the pack. What happened? Anquetil won for the fourth time, another record, and the third year...
...opening a contract for new pack radios to competitive bidding, he got the price down from...
Scarcely had the Sino-Soviet talks gotten underway than the meeting headed for collapse. It did not much matter when Red China's seven-man delegation would pack their bags and actually leave Moscow; back home Peking's People's Daily seemed ready to call it quits. "We want unity, not a split," said the voice of Red China. "But we have to point out with heavy hearts that events have gone contrary to our hopes. The situation is very grave...
...fish pond in Zeus's palace on Mount Olympus is a sort of giant-screen TV that brings in news shows from all over the Aegean. Zeus and Hera, who are just folks, watch it so much that they must surely have to keep a six-pack of nectar and a frozen ambrosia dinner close at hand. But in stead of astronauts they see Argonauts -a bearded body builder named Jason (Todd Armstrong) and his adventure-prone shipmates aboard the Argo...
...their pains, federal prisoners get compensation ranging from a pack of cigarettes up to $25 in cash. If a volunteer's lot is particularly onerous or carries some risk of major discomfort, the Bureau of Prisons may give him "meritorious good time credits," which shave a few days off his sentence...