Word: pokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...m.p.h. in 9.7 seconds, faster than some sports cars, and the four-wheel disk brakes can stop it on a pfennig. A pneumatic suspension system keeps the car on an even keel through the sharpest curve, invisible wires in the rear window banish ice and frost, and a poke of the finger simultaneously locks all four doors, the trunk and the gas tank...
...then Greene began to poke at my conscience. A smiling, brightly scrubbed chorus sang, "...black and white together, we shall not be moved..." With the fields of waving rice, I could only nod my head...
...Yale law students recently decided to take a poke at the gullibility and irresponsibility of the national press...
...State of the Union pledge that "every child must have the best education our nation can provide." Even more radically, the proposal skirts the divisive aid-to-parochial-schools issue by allowing what Washington calls "Cardinal Spellman's camel"-that is Roman Catholic hunger for aid-to poke its head under the tent. School districts receiving federal money would buy textbooks and scientific equipment for underprivileged children in public and parochial schools alike, unless this is specifically banned by state law. As many as 90% of the nation's school districts might benefit, although Title...
...competitive fares and schedules and newer equipment (P.S.A.'s jets will not be delivered until next spring), Pacific Southwest intends to depend even more on its friendly and informal approach. Its stewardesses distribute airplane coloring books and "first flight" certificates to children, pass out holiday greeting cards that poke gentle fun at passengers. P.S.A.'s reservation clerks are surrounded by signs that say: "Pleasant Service A-lways." The line even sponsors contests, sometimes awarding the free use of a whole Electra as a prize. And when its president was bumped from a fully booked flight by fare-paying...