Word: shellful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Goalies are too responsible to blame others in public or the press for their goals-against," says Bertagna. But within the cozy confines of the Society, it's open season, a time for fibs and tall tales. Above all, the contingent of shell-shocked ex-twineskeepers pat each other on the back. Says Fitzsimmons: "Everyone's a hero in the annals of the Society...
...questions as important as Harvard's many and varied involvements with South Africa white minority government can be solved by not discussing the issue at hand. The Corporation must come out of its protective shell and face the facts--a lot of people with a wide variety of backgrounds, and an equally large number of positions in and outside of Harvard, care about this issue. The results of the Assembly referendum underline these feelings...
...after more than a week of excavations, only a shell of Gacy's house remains-just the outside walls, roof and some support beams. "We are looking for any scrap of evidence-a ring, a belt buckle, a button-that will help us to identify the victims," says Dr. Robert Stein, Cook County medical examiner. Gacy cannot help with most of them because he never knew their names. He does recall Robert Piest: he was thrown in the river, and his body has not been found. Gacy-whose confession, if true, would make him the worst mass murderer...
...tanks full at all times. Warns a top DOE official: "If people get a crisis mentality, we could get a problem that really isn't there." Adds Frank Ikard, president of the American Petroleum Institute: "The thing that I fear most is that the public will think the Shell announcement is the prelude to general rationing. If they do, we could talk ourselves into a panic and wind up with long lines of cars in front of gas stations...
...such trend is developing, and after six days of providing retailers with only 75% of what they had received during the same period of 1977, Shell was able to ease off a bit last week and increase deliveries to 85% of last year's level. At the same time, however, the company announced that it was seeking permission from the DOE to continue curtailing deliveries until the month...