Word: ribbons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nice-looking. I may not be as flashy as some, but I'll do." And in the clutch, when Mr. Arable was going to cut Wilbur up for pork, she did. "Some pig," she wrote in her web. "Terrific. Radiant. Humble." Mr. Arable let him off with a blue ribbon...
...about the lack of cold-weather gear for soldiers on the frosty Golan Heights, civilian volunteers and even tourists went up to the front to distribute American parkas, long underwear and woolen socks. The government is understandably apprehensive about the upcoming report of a blue-ribbon commission investigating the army's shortcomings...
...forward for the first time in 6½ years to regaining full control-by March 5-of its canal. Blockaded and unused except as a bitter point of confrontation since the June 1967 war, the channel had previously served for 98 years as a crucial waterway between continents, a ribbon of commerce along which East met West. Indeed, its completion in 1869 was deemed such a historic occasion for Western Europe's mercantile ambitions that elaborate dedication ceremonies were attended by 6,000 foreign guests, including numerous monarchs. The principal cities along the 107-mile channel, Ismailia, Port Said...
...Chalmers and Thomas Surek, research fellow in metallurgy, are developing an inexpensive means for producing the crystals. The two scientists have been using a computer to simulate the silicon-ribbon growing process. Tyco is doing the laboratory work, including the actual growing of the ribbons...
...true Crimson fashion as tri-captain Jay Hughes and junior Steve Niemi took first and second in the 35 lb. weight throw. B.C.'s Joe Dray took third but came up later to snap Hughes's three-meet streak in the shot put and claim B.C.'s only blue ribbon in the field events...