Word: pit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Buddy's Sirloin Pit...
Buddy's Sirloin Pit isn't fancy and it misses all the gimmicks that other Square hamburger establishments trade upon, but Buddy's does serve a decently-sized meal of reasonably good taste at relatively cheap prices. Chopped meat is the bread and butter of the Sirloin Pit, but burger isn't the only reason why Buddy's merits a visit...
...associate editor of TIME and a teacher of history and journalism at Columbia, has written the first concise history of the U.S. roughly from 1947 to 1967. He deals to some extent with the textures of everyday living-the rush to the suburbs and the rise of the barbecue pit, James Dean fan clubs and bomb shelters. But his main aim is to describe the enormous effect of the cold war on American life...
...rink keeps much of the noise level at games to a minimum, as the usual over-zealous screams are replaced with polite applause. Face it, most alumni (notice not all alumni) cannot afford to be rowdy. Watson Rink is not in any real danger of becoming a "snake pit" like the rinks at St. Lawrence, Dartmouth, Clarkson, Cornell or a number of other colleges with nationally-rated hockey squads...
...also a convenient escape for Ford from the Washington snake pit. But he was rarely allowed to forget Watergate for long. As he put it, he had "to walk a very fine line." Occasionally, he stepped over it. At first, he was almost an unabashed apologist for the President's defense strategy and once even used language supplied by White House speechwriters for a shrill attack on "groups like the AFL-CIO, the Americans for Democratic Action and other powerful pressure organizations." He accused them of "waging a massive propaganda campaign against the President of the United States." In subsequent...