Word: reared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...raids, said Rear Admiral David C. Richardson, whose Task Force 77 carriers launched the jets, "will show some people that their sanctuaries are not what they think they are." A few off-limits areas remain nonetheless-Haiphong's port facilities and its huge cement plant, Hanoi's industries, the MIG airfields and the dikes that channel water to the Red River rice bowl...
Ulysses got away with it (as did Zorba the Greek and Georgy Girl) because the buttocks in question were male. "A brief shot of a male derriere is not going to present a problem to a normal individual," he said. But exposure of the female rear, added Father Sullivan, is "pruriently" stimulating...
Levy appeared at a formal hearing several weeks ago before the Cambridge police chief, fire chief, and commissioner of licenses to obtain official permission to sell second-hand clothing. The group sent Levy a letter telling that the Krackerjack store lacked proper electrical wiring and a rear exit. He replied that the building had already passed a city inspection, but spent $300 on additional electrical repairs anyway...
...every bit as beamy as Boeing's longer 707s, 720s and 727s. A stretched-out version, the 737-200, will accommodate 117 travelers, and also comes as a convertible cargo-passenger plane. Unlike its chief rival, the Douglas DC-9, which has its engines mounted at the rear of the fuselage for a quieter ride, the 737 has its jets slung beneath the wings. The result, claim Boeing engineers, is a lighter plane with a roomier aft portion of the cabin. Both planes can make money with only a quarter of their seats filled, come equipped with their...
...shrinking world and the revival of the Catholic ethic are desirable goals for McLuhan, he is apparently not at all sure that they can be achieved quickly and without pain. The danger arises from mankind's obsession with the past. We look at life through a rear view mirror, McLuhan says, and we are unprepared for the roadblocks ahead. The real hero of Understanding Media and The Medium is the Message is James Joyce...