Word: passingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weirdness threatens. The next day, as I rolled out of town, I gave up all pretense of a larger goal for the trip than simply getting back home. The time had come for the speed run across the hinterland, to burn off Utah and Nevada and rush down Donner Pass to the Pacific Ocean...
...longer afford a witch hunt against the petroleum companies. Last week he told a cheering Manhattan meeting of energy producers: "Those who defame us, curse us, abuse us and lie about us, would be in one hell of a fix without us." The Senate is expected to pass a windfall profits tax in early December, probably about $200 billion, and the final bill should be ready for the President's signature by Christmas...
...Rigid controls. Strict centralization of planning curtails flexibility and produces inefficiency. Last April East Germany set the prices that state industries will pay for raw materials in 1980; there is no provision for the government to pass on to those companies subsequent increases...
There are few kind words for the flight attendants who pass out "the antiseptic anti-chicken" and "glutinous casseroles." Once meal service is finished, Ronay and his inspectors conclude, the cabin staff forgets about the passenger. Worst of all is "the scandalous state of the toilets. Our experience of filth and discarded bits and pieces does not bear description...
...that kind of talk does not at all dissuade the Provisional I.R.A. sympathizers who pass the hat in bars, social clubs and churches in Irish neighborhoods in the U.S. Acknowledges Alice Mulkern, a mother of three who eagerly solicits contributions in New York City: "It's not for widows and orphans. The British welfare system takes care of them. It's for the I.R.A...