Word: slushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young couple were in their Chevy and headed through the slush of Route 1-95 toward the White House. They listened to the news of Ford's southern excursion on the car radio, reached the southwest gate of the White House grounds just before 7 and parted, Ann to drive on to her job as a congressional staffer on the Hill, Roger to tramp through the piled-up snow to Room 200 in the Executive Office Building...
...limited to four simple commands -Gee for turn right. Haw for left. Hike for go, and Whoa for stop-found the going tricky, and there were five spills on Suicide Hill. The teams are paced by their drivers, who must take care not to burn them out in heavy slush. When a burst of speed is needed, drivers sometimes "pump" (give a series of short one-legged kicks in the snow) to aid their animals. Some drivers hold a "snub line" to prevent the animals from running off without them in the event of an overturn...
Along with slush, broken toys and bills, one of the lingering misfortunes of every holiday season is the annual Disney movie, which displays a dismayingly hearty life span. It will circulate for months, play the Saturday matinee route and eventually show up on television. The small screen, in fact, is probably more suitable for The Island at the Top of the World, where its dirigible would not look so much like a balloon left over from a parade, and its seething volcano would appear at least somewhat more menacing than an eruption on an adolescent's skin...
...Harry and Tonto, even if it amounts to no more than evasive slush in the end, makes a few fine and accurate observations along the way. When Harry meets the other elderly tenants in his building they talk about the TV shows of the night before, since they all watch TV and usually choose the same shows. Harry's visit to a childhood sweetheart grown senile (Geraldine Page) is one of the few episodes in which the film touches base with reality. Joshua Mostel, as one of Harry's grandchildren, plays the role of a deadpan mixed...
...trail of a massive influence-peddling and extortion racket conducted in Gurney's behalf. Last week's indictment charges that Florida real estate developers and contractors who had business pending before the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development paid $233,160 into a secret slush fund from January 1971 through mid-1973. The money was used for Gurney's "personal, political and travel expenses" and for operating his offices in Washington and Florida...