Word: ported
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...image and thereby its chances of getting aid from the U.S. Before news of the firing was broadcast, Jean-Claude guaranteed his former éminence grise safety if he remained in Haiti. But Cambronne, long accustomed to breaking such promises himself, took refuge instead in the Colombian embassy at Port-au-Prince. He was expected to fly later to Colombia, and then perhaps...
...into its cylinder (1). At exactly the same moment, the other end of the piston is pushing the air that it has already captured and compressed into a passage at the opposite side of the engine casing. As the rotor turns, the air is forced through a transfer port into the cylinder of the power piston (2). Continuing its rotation, the power piston compresses the air even more (3). As the piston's cylinder moves past the fuel injector, the compressed air is mixed with a spray of gasoline (4). Then, as the cylinder edges by the spark plug...
Councillor Graham said that Liacos should have recommended the creation of a port of civilian police commissioner to "take care of situations like this...
...pushed no political line; indeed, French readers, accustomed to tilted journalism, have complained that they don't know where Le Point stands. In recent weeks the magazine has urged retention of the force de frappe, France's nuclear-weapons unit, and the construction of a major new port near Marseille, both targets of L'Express's scorn. According to Imbert, the editors plan in the near future "to personalize the style somewhat, to get away from the strictly reportorial tone...
...even to make sketches: houses, boats, things like that. Some of his creations he gave away to family and friends (there are five known specimens), but at least one item ended up in the wastebasket. That, apparently, is where someone found a sketch of the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, Mass. Now that picture belongs to an Alexandria, Va., antique dealer named Holly Langhorne, who acquired it in exchange for some objets d'art. Next year, on the tenth anniversary of J.F.K.'s death, Ms. Langhorne says she will reproduce the drawing in an expensive limited edition...