Word: piped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Next, a cylindrical plug, called a "pig," will be shoved into the line. Finally, after a signal from Valdez, workmen will open valves at Prudhoe, allowing long-capped crude to fill the line behind the pig. The moving oil will push the pig through the 48-in.-diameter steel pipe at 1 m.p.h. As it goes, the cylinder will shove out of the pipe any refuse that may be contained (for example, tools left behind by forgetful workmen) and emit beeps indicating its location. Eight pumping stations will help the oil push the pig along, and walking inspection crews will...
...Successful getaway on April 23, 1967, from Missouri state pen. Ray claims he clambered up a water pipe and used a stolen steel hook to yank himself over the prison wall, but prison officials believe he hid in a large bread crate, and escaped in a delivery truck that carried...
...point another simply fainted, apparently from tension. The hijackers maintained strict hygiene inside the train. Every morning blankets were hung out of the windows and beaten to remove the dust. In the afternoon, hostages were assigned to remove excrement from under the train's toilet pipe and bury it in the gravel of the railway bed. Brooms and cleaning materials were brought in, along with games and a daily food delivery from a caterer, paid for by the government. Unable to take any physical exercise, many of the hostages complained of constipation...
...gathering, whether it is a small private group or a congressional hearing. His steely anger, rarely displayed in public, strikes with the force of a sledgehammer, even though he hardly raises his voice. His grandfatherly appearance-wavy white hair parted down the middle, rimless glasses, that ever-present pipe-gives him an aura of wisdom. His sharp political instincts usually keep him several steps ahead of his adversaries. Says a Burns friend, John Whitehead, senior partner at the Goldman, Sachs investment banking house: "He lives in a political world. He realizes that as head of the Fed he cannot operate...
...this one in your pipe and smoke it: And then there's the one about the guy who, strapped for cash, wanted to get home to New York in a hurry. Let's call him "Steve." (His real name was "Stephen," but he'll kill me if I print it.) So Steve (I'll just call him "S.", strapped for cash, wants to get to New York in a hurry. So what does he do? (Background--he has no money in the bank, and he has no credit cards.) So he goes to Logan Airport, gets on the four...