Word: shellings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dock after Sunday's 5:15 p.m. final, Harry Parker was standing silently, his yellow rain slicker wrapped carelessly about one arm. The concrete countenance, which carried with it power and dignity, revealed a slight grimmace that accentuated the signs of strain in Parker's weathered skin. The Schoenbrod shell glided to a halt as Parker grabbed one of the oars and pulled the boat closer to the dock...
...wrenching crab in the boat's engine room had stopped two oars mid-stroke and left the boat powerless. The shell limped home in fifth place, sorely disappointed and near shock...
...freshmen climbed up to accept their award and then returned to their shell very ceremoniously, one woman in the crowd turned to her friend and said, "Oh, they're no fun. They didn't even throw each other in the water. They're too boring...
...regarded as gimmicks or novelty items, these little instruments have become an essential feature of the AEC's musical language. When the group travelled to Europe, they packed literally hundreds of these odd tools of their trade. The little instruments provide memorable visual images--Jarman serenely blowing a conch shell or harmonica, Moye stamping his feet to ring the bells attached to his ankles...
...employees, nearly half are employed only to propose, write and enforce regulations. In Houston, the DOE keeps 40 full-time auditors in residence at Shell headquarters, and other companies also have their own in-house bureaucrats hovering in the halls. Much of the DOE'S staff has a self-interest in seeing the regulations proliferate: without them, Government workers would be out of jobs. So would small armies of lawyers in Washington, New York and Houston. Says a rich Houston lawyer: "Government regulations have been a real source of new business. The sums of money involved in DOE regulations...