Word: plugged
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...Turkey and Syria, two nations that are part of the alliance against Saddam Hussein. Turkey, which has already cut off key Iraqi oil pipelines, is in the better position to severely disrupt the flow. With some effort, the Ataturk dam on the Euphrates River could be used as a plug on the crucial water supply, and there are already enough antiaircraft missiles in place to defend it from Iraqi bombers. Another, more wasteful proposal is simply to divert feeder rivers into desert areas. U.S. officials are aware that the Iraqi regime worries about a cutoff: in the early days...
...Senate action left open the possibility that Defense Secretary Dick Cheney could save the two B-2s in negotiations between the two chambers. And despite Cheney's urgings, re-election-minded House members reluctant to shut down production lines in their districts have refused to pull the plug on such high-priced weapons as the F-15 fighter, M-1 tank and V-22 transport plane. But the overall impact of last week's cuts was clear: some of the most cherished items on Cheney's wish list have been slam-dunked...
...idea then became in my mind, `we have areal hot political issue to plug into thelecture,'" Yourow said. "I thought, `let's do thismock confirmation to fuse political and legalissues in an interesting way to involve theaudience...
...brief, almost curt, environmental plug that McCartney gives once between songs is the basic "You should call your elected official and let them know you care," which, like McCartney's performance, was nice and inoffensive...
Nearly 30 years ago, IBM revolutionized the office workplace when it introduced the Selectric electric typewriter. The premier symbol of the high- tech office of the future, the Selectric used plug-in cartridges, instead of messy ink ribbons, and replaced the sliding carriage and keys with a rotating typing golf ball. Since 1961, IBM has sold some 13 million Selectrics, making it the best-selling machine in the company's 76-year history...