Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Attracted by street-corner drummers, Maggie joined the Salvation Army at the age of five. She was abruptly drummed out ten years later when she was caught smoking. In fact, she had already been corrupted by American comic books and rock-'n'-roll records sent her by an uncle who lived in Syracuse, N.Y. She left school for a $5-a-week window-dresser's job and sang at night in local pubs. In one of them she met her boy friend, Guitarist Les Harvey. Together they joined a rock group that became Stone the Crows...
...targeted for follow-up attacks. Louw was hit in early 1973. A ZANU squad sneaked up to the bedroom where he and his wife were asleep, and lobbed seven grenades through the window. His wife sat up and was blown to bits. It is now standard practice here to roll sideways...
...Rolling Heads. Last week wildcat strikes spread from Portuguese firms to several American and other foreign companies that built factories in Portugal to employ cheap labor. Workers struck the Timex and Bayer corporations, demanding more than 50% raises. All four Firestone tire plants were shut down by discontented employees, while ITT executives bargained anxiously to head off a walkout at the semiconductor plant in Cascais. "The workers are looking for heads to roll," said a nervous Dutch director of ITT. "The situation could erupt at any moment...
...also endorsed a measure to create a new agency to replace the COLC. It would have power to call public attention to inflationary moves by companies, unions and the Federal Government, and even subpoena businessmen and labor leaders to public hearings. But it could not issue any orders to roll back wage or price increases...
...Crimson staked O'Malley to a 1-0 lead in the fifth as Williams chipped in another hit, driving home Leon Goetz all the way from first base. The Tigers, however, did not roll over and die. They gained a 2-1 lead in the sixth, scoring a pair of unearned runs...