Word: piped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...supporters see it, the trans-Alaskan pipeline would be a veritable lifeline, bringing the vast oil riches (10 billion barrels) of the North Slope to an energy-starved U.S. To its foes, the 789-mile pipe is a monster that could leak and pollute the Arctic wilderness...
...these fiscally prescient pipe-dreams come true, by far the most profitable have been the amusement parks...
...Ziegler told reporters: "The inquiry came to us from TIME magazine as to whether or not anyone here at the White House was aware, knew of, or at any time was involved in that [wiretapping], and the answer is a flat no, of course not." John Mitchell scoffed: "A pipe dream. Wiretaps on reporters were never authorized by me." TIME stuck by its information and printed the story-with Administration denials-in the issue of March...
Room for Humor. Warren's briefing-room manner differs markedly from Ziegler's. His horn-rimmed glasses and pipe lend a thoughtful air to his comments; he pauses to consider questions before replying and accepts hostile queries without resorting to Ziegler's huffiness. Ziegler's programmed manner leaves little room for humor. Warren is more unbuttoned. Failing to hear a question from NBC Correspondent Richard Valeriani, he quipped: "Richard, will you speak in your on-the-air voice?" When he first began subbing for Ziegler, Warren would open with a crack at his own expense...
...contain literal portraits of Henry's women; rather it is a six-movement instrumental suite conveying Wakeman's musical impressions of the ladies. Devoid of lyrics, it is bursting with diverse sounds: Mellotrons.* Moog synthesizers, electric pianos, conventional concert grand, harpsichord, even the 240-year-old pipe organ at St. Giles Cripplegate church...