Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plug Lefkowitz and running mates Paul Fino and John J. Gilhooley, the G.O.P. last week, cranked out a rollicking campaign song. Sample verses: You'll be safe in the park Any time after dark With Lefkowitz, Gilhooley and Fino. That fine city hall Will be open to all With Lefkowitz, Gilhooley and Fino...
...Seventh Army, which guards more than 300 miles of the East German and Czechoslovakian border and anchors the NATO defense line that stretches 650 miles from Austria to the North Sea. The most vital mission in the five-division Seventh Army belongs to the 3rd Armored, which must plug the Hessian Corridor, a historic route of conquest. Says Lieut. General Garrison ("Gar") Davidson, 57, commander of the Seventh Army: "The 3rd Armored will give the Reds their first bloody nose...
...scene was the post-game press conference in Dillon Field House. The last of the 11,000 befuddled fans were filing out of the Stadium, and sports-writers were confronting the coaches for additional bits of excitement to plug into "stranger-than-fiction" copy on the weird affair that gave Lehigh a 22-17 victory over the Crimson...
Diversification by acquisition is a new trend for Ford. It began this year, when Ford bought the spark-plug plant of Toledo's Electric Autolite Co. for $28 million. Philco fits nicely into Ford's future. The Philco line of home appliances will make Ford competitive with General Motors in that field. Philco could also be called upon to build some equipment, e.g., radios and other electrical components, for Ford cars...
...children's book. The bulk of this output does not occupy the classic realm of the imagination but a huge waste-of-time land. There are usually stories about neurasthenic little animals that want to secede from the animal kingdom. There are tales about plug-ugly ducklings (human) who can't seem to acquire a friend until the sentimental fadeout page. For pre-teentimers there are soap operettas about girls "who never quite know how to talk to boys." The boys are usually busy talking to a pet moose or rocketing off to the moon. But at least...