Word: safes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...threatening. "Somoza flunkies were wandering around saying that newsmen should be taken out and shot," says Diederich. When the staff fled after the hotel had been designated a military target by Sandinistas in mid-June, Diederich and three other foreign journalists abandoned it for what they euphemistically called a "safe house" in the bomb-wracked capital, returning the day the rebels' victory seemed assured...
...heart disease, and will prudently continue to recommend low cholesterol diets, plenty of exercise and no smoking Warns Dr. William Castelli, director of the pioneering Framingham, Mass., heart studies: "If people think they can go out and eat all the hamburgers and hot dogs they want and be safe by taking vitamin B6, they're crazy...
...rebel junta also agreed to provide "safe conduct" for any Somoza henchmen who wished to leave Nicaragua; only those charged with "grave crimes" or "genocide" would not be covered by that pledge. To back up that guarantee, the junta also agreed to a proposal originated by Washington's special envoy, William Bowdler, that the Organization of American States would be invited to monitor the protection of human rights. Satisfied with the junta's promises, Washington pledged to support the new regime. Said Bowdler: "You are now the government of Nicaragua...
...craft's appeal is obvious. Windsurf boards cost considerably less and are more portable and easier to maintain than most sailboats. They are as safe as surfboards: since the foam-filled board stops dead and floats when a sailor drops his mast in the water, the Coast Guard has exempted the craft from its usual life-vest requirement. Many lifeguards, in fact, are using the boards as lifesaving and rescue crafts...
...rounds has a pharmaceutical company petitioning the Food and Drug Administration for approval of a new pain reliever. The compound, to be packaged in red, white and blue capsules, will be sold with a label that is indisputably true: PROVED EFFECTIVE IN ONE-THIRD OF ALL CASES AND ABSOLUTELY SAFE. The nostrum's name: Placebo...