Word: roam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Electric carts roam the passageways, pulling metal food trucks to the five houses that are served by the central facilities--Eliot, Kirkland, Winthrop, Lowell and Leverett. We saw a red stripe and the words "A Bad Ouch" marking potential head-bumping points in the tunnel...
...nation under siege. In Jerusalem the population goes indoors at sundown and stays there. The lights illuminating the walls have been shut off. Auto headlights are covered with blue paint and the windows are covered with whatever blackout material is at hand, often blankets and rugs. Blackout wardens roam the streets, warning offenders and making arrests...
...problems they face are immense. The nation is much more complex, much more politicized, much less tractable than it was when Perón last ruled. Marxists and fascists fight in the streets. Leftist guerrillas roam the cities and countryside alike, terrorizing public officials and business executives. In the past two years, there have been more than 200 kidnapings and about $80 million has been extorted in ransom money, chiefly from big business concerns. Some multinational corporations, such as Coca-Cola and Otis Elevator, have evacuated their executives. The economy is blighted. Between January and May, the cost of living...
...office. Now, we assemble in a large, well-appointed briefing room in the West Wing, where either Ron Ziegler or Gerald Warren - often as much as an hour behind schedule - mounts a platform, stands behind a lectern, makes the daily announcements and accepts questions." Says Fischer: "Johnson used to roam frequently around the West Wing, call reporters into his office for impromptu talks, and hold 'man-in-motion' press conferences as he strode around the White House lawn. Nixon, on the other hand, allows 'photo opportunities' only a few times a week and is more secluded...
...Fire teams" using crossbows, wrist-rocket sling shots, automatic weapons and homemade grenades would roam the streets of Miami attacking police, knocking out electric transformers, and firebombing stores. According to FBI Informer William Lemmer, those bizarre, bloody plans to disrupt the Republican National Convention last year were hatched by a group of Viet Nam Veterans Against the War. Lemmer says he attended a secret meeting in May 1972 in a Gainesville, Fla., attic, where plans for the disruption were discussed and the plotters demonstrated the use of crossbows, carbines and explosives...