Word: preciously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glittering at his throat, Crouch generated his own kind of involvement. The singer ate with the inmates and, ignoring the unwritten prison law of segregation, passed from one racial group to another with dignity and ease. Said he: "I come in the name of Jesus. Wash me in your precious blood as I open the door of my heart and receive you as my Lord and Saviour...
...aphrodisiacs-the goods and services denied the majority of Chinese. Butchers have virtually unlimited access to meat that is rigorously rationed. Truckers have proved ingenious in buying merchandise where it is plentiful and selling it where it is scarce. Physicians can provide hard-to-get medicine and that precious possession, their time; doctors in state clinics are obliged to examine ten or more patients an hour...
...prevalent in every part of the country, from the poorest rural communes to the most luxurious compounds reserved for the elite. In the countryside, for example, peasants are allowed only two bars of bath soap and two or three light bulbs a year. But more of these precious items, as well as scarce fresh vegetables, chicken and eggs, can readily be obtained by anyone with an obliging relative in the commune supply department. Butchers have devised a simple means to bypass rationing to benefit their relatives and favorite customers. The scheme is based on the fact that each consumer...
...finger squarely up the nose of middle America, then perhaps Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is a close second. The latest Rolling Stone contains its annual reader's poll--not surprisingly, Fleetwood Mac comes out on top--"Rumours" still goes platinum again every month. But perhaps the most interesting precious metals are passed out in the Platinum Turkey Awards, in the "What Ever Happened to Ego Death" Category, which cites, among others, Rod Stewart, Ken Russell, Reggie Jackson, and Lillian Hellmann...
...composition of the seas today. In the course of the trip it discusses, briefly but lucidly, explorations from the time of Columbus and Magellan to the new undersea explorations of the Piccards. It looks closely at the myriad life forms that inhabit the oceans, and the resources-oil, minerals, precious metals-that lie beneath the surface...