Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poppy-the cultivation of which provides thousands of villagers with a livelihood. One seasoned opium trader remarked: "In this business, there are not only millions of dollars at stake but thousands of people who have a vested interest in the system. You might as well try to plug up a sieve...
...Angeles psychiatrist's office in search of information about Pentagon Papers Defendant Daniel Ellsberg-a burglary that contributed to dismissal of the case. Dean claims he was told this by Egil Krogh Jr., a member of the five-man White House "plumber" team assigned to plug news leaks...
...cylinder is coaxed into burning by the ignition of an adjoining layer of much richer fuel. To accomplish this stratification of fuel, Honda's engineers added a small combustion chamber, to accommodate the richer mixture, at the top of each cylinder (see diagram); the chamber contains the spark plug and is equipped with its own intake valve...
Spreading Flame. With that addition, the cycle of the stratified-charge engine remains quite similar to the sequence in ordinary internal combustion engines: 1) As the piston descends, a rich fuel mix from one carburetor is injected into the small combustion chamber near the spark plug. A leaner mixture, from a second carburetor, is squirted into the rest of the cylinder. 2) Moving up, the piston compresses both charges, pushing back most of the richer mix that may have seeped into the main chamber. 3) The spark plug fires the rich mix. 4) The rich, burning mix ignites the adjoining...
...White House that reporters' telephones had been tapped, as first reported by TIME (March 5). TIME has also learned that not all the taps were stopped in 1971; some were continued until the Supreme Court decision against them last June. Moreover, Justice Department officials contend the taps did not plug leaks. Said one Justice official: "The first tap brought a lot of garbage about love affairs and trysts...