Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the huge tankers would have to thread their way through narrow straits to reach Cherry Point, the Governor maintains that fears of an accident and oil spill are exaggerated. Says she: "There's nothing that tugs on the heartstrings like a few mallards with oil on their wings." Ray points out that some 13 million migratory birds are shot by hunters every year and notes that the number that die from oil spills is minute by comparison. Furthermore, the Governor claims that oil dumped into cold waters, like those of the sound, would cause almost no lasting damage...
...married men, 48% say their wives always or nearly always reach orgasm, a figure only slightly higher than the 45% reported by Kinsey in 1948. The lack of a significant rise in the female orgasmic rate puzzles Pietropinto and Simenauer, who note that the majority of Kinsey's men reached orgasm within two minutes, while most males now purposely prolong intercourse. "The improvement in female orgasmic response," they conclude, "has not kept pace with the increased duration of the sex act and men's increasing interest in bringing partners to orgasm...
...reduction in board fees will reach students as a $3-per-student refund of the money already collected in fall term bills, and a $12.50-per-student cut in spring board bills...
...armchairm quarterback (or manager) the year's most interesting gift idea is a biorhythm prediction kit for professional football (or baseball). The charts and tables allow you to plot the biorhythms of the pros, to predict which team will triumph on which particular day. When you reach an advanced stage of the art, the ads say, you can even predict the score. Or at least how well Roger Staubach is getting along with his wife...
Midway through the second half, Sue Aboucher put the Crimson within striking distance by knotting the score with a three-point play. But Maureen Deluke, Bentley's high scorer with 20 points for the game, put it out of reach with her own three-point play a few minutes later. That made it 48-45, and the Crimson trailed for the rest of the game...