Word: plumps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most feared of all, coyote-man Charles Manson. For if Manson was given to referring to himself as a coyote who heard and knew all, whose senses were sharp enough to catch any stirrings of life outside his void, then those he surrounded himself with were the rabbits, plump and innocent, waiting for the kill...
There were no rules. But there was a weakness: from the standpoint of vulnerability the flower movement was like a valley of thousands of plump white rabbits surrounded by wounded coyotes. Sure the 'leaders' were tough, some of them geniuses and great poets. But the acid-dropping middle-class children from Des Moines were rabbits...
...free traders ought to recognize that the handicap argument has some validity. It does not justify protectionism, and indeed Borch does not plump for that. But the Administration could well give U.S. exporters more help by stimulating research and development and providing financial aid for companies entering the export field. White House Trade Chief Peter Peterson promises to design a legislative package including just such measures; it certainly deserves sympathetic consideration...
...plump, short, silver-haired fellow, Ismaël dresses as if he were 50 or younger, wearing a fashionable black turtleneck, red corduroy shirt, hound's-tooth sports jacket with velvet collar, and snap-brim hat. In Neufchátel-en-Bray (pop. 6,000), where he lives and works in an old folks' home, Ismaël now shrugs off the snickers that greet his name. He chuckles over the judge's decree himself and says: "Her decision was ridiculous. Do I have bestiality written all over my face? After all, I'm not different...
...plump, the premiums are often lower than what most major insurance companies ask on regular policies. For the mountainous, the plan offers coverage that conventional insurance companies will not sell, because grossly excess weight is a serious health risk. For women 5 ft. 7 in. tall, for example, American International Life Assurance Co., which underwrites the policies, specifies premiums based on weights ranging from a billowy 159 lbs. ($13.31 for a $5,000 policy at age 40) to a hippopotamine 302 lbs. ($53.66). Policyholders consigned to Class VI, the most cholesterol-clogged division, pay about four times the premium assessed...