Word: railings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...both houses of Congress and jet-shipped to San Clemente where President Nixon signed it in the middle of the night. That Perils of Pauline save marked the eighth time in six years that Congress has had to intervene at the last minute to prevent or stop a major rail strike...
Smith had hoped that by shutting the border and cutting road and rail links with Zambia (while leaving rail lines open for copper shipments) he could force the Zambian government to crack down on the rebels. The scheme backfired badly. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who had previously given the guerrillas little encouragement, promptly stopped shipping copper through Rhodesia, a move that could mean financial disaster for the country's money-losing railroad. "History may prove it was the wrong decision," Smith conceded last week...
...wife and two children on $7,000 a year. Increased emphasis on social welfare? Partly because land prices have soared since Tanaka began talking about his sweeping environmental plans, the national housing agency will spend 27% more this year but build 10% fewer homes. Inflation curbs? Bus-and rail-system fares will rise 23%-an important increase for a nation of commuters...
Originating in Boston, Sports Huddle is a raucous weekly radio show dedicated to "looking out for the fans." The proprietors-Mark Witkin, Jim McCarthy and Eddie Andelman-are an unholy trio of amateur broadcasters and professional fans. Every Sunday night from 7 to 11, they rail against everything from overpriced tickets and cold hot dogs to sportswriters ("Sock sniffers in the locker room") and the sports establishment ("They've been abusing the public for years"). Their format is like the New England Patriots' offense: haphazard. Their delivery sounds like three guys gassing in a ginmill-that is. loose...
...President and others rail against permissiveness, and yet the courts increasingly permit all varieties of sexual behavior and expression. The falling birth rate and the proliferating variety of mating arrangements may signify a new enlightenment, or the end of the old morality, depending upon one's point of view. Whether Eve was culprit or victim in the forced evacuation of Paradise is now an issue raised by some feminists. The female orgasm and male impotence are the serious, not to say solemn objects of growing scientific studies. Equality between men and women in all fields is an agitated cause...