Word: pass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Russians' land link with Kabul is a single road snaking north through the 11,000-ft.-high Salang Pass. A mile-long tunnel there could be dynamited by rebels, and it has been under military guard since April. At the border the Amu Darya River must be crossed by a ferry, though negotiations are under way for the Soviets to build a bridge...
Inside the abdominal cavity, a complex chemical movement, as in conventional hemodialysis, slowly begins. Toxic wastes and water from the bloodstream pass through the peritoneal membrane into the fluid. The process is allowed to continue for about five hours. Then the patient unwraps the empty plastic bag, lowers it to the floor, releases the clamp and lets the waste-laden fluid drain out of the abdominal cavity. Subsequently, a new bag of fluid is attached, and the procedure is repeated three times more at four-to eight-hour intervals every day. While the blood is being cleansed, patients...
...built up a substantial 10-point lead in the early minutes of the game with crisp passing, accurate shooting and an effective defense. A pass from Classics star Kevin McLaughlin to teammate Frank Konstantynowicz on a fast break began a Classics surge, however...
THERE'S SOMETHING MYTHICAL about the daring crook who manages to pull off the perfect heist. From England's great train robbers to the parachuting D.B. Cooper, these characters usually grab public attention for a few weeks on the front pages, and then pass quietly into the annals of folk-mythology...
...course, such details are not the things that pass into legends--or even movies. Predictably enough, The Brink's Job is nothing but distilled cuteness. It ignores all of the unphotogenic aspects of the gang, and focuses on its incompetence, its sleazy-but-sweet background, and its delight in hoodwinking the country...