Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...representative in San Jose, California, where the general strike was conceived and sentiment for it is strong, said yesterday that if all women refused to spend money or do office work, housework, or school work, there would be a dramatic "pulling of the plug that keeps the nation running primarily on the efforts of 53 per cent of the population...
...skyrocketing malpractice suits (TIME, June 16). "Physicians I have known for years stare at me in bewilderment, wondering what kind of situation we're in now," says Dr. William Curran of the Harvard School of Public Health. "They are more afraid than they were before" about pulling the plug. The hospital where Karen lies is asking the court this week for immunity from civil suits or criminal prosecution if the court rules that she should be allowed...
...bench in 1971. "He is cool, and very balanced," says one observer. "He does his homework and weighs everything very carefully." Judge Muir will have plenty of weighing to do, for the courts have generally been reluctant to make life and death decisions. Nonetheless, the question of whether the plug can be pulled is unlikely to disappear. And now that the issue has reached the courts, doctors and families around the country await a decision...
...commission's statement was purely a counsel to the Administrative Board and other University bodies; it has no power to enforce strictly its attempt to plug press leaks...
Certainly the Cincinnati offense is one of the finest in recent memory. Basically, the Reds line up is a three spark-plug, three piston machine. Morgan, Rose and Griffey, all hitting well over 300, are the spark-plugs; Bench, Perez and Foster, who collectively accounted for 66 home runs and 316 RBI's are the pistons. The sparkplugs hit 'em where they ain't and the pistons hit 'em over the walls...