Word: soliders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...buyers seem to be showing solid interest in the subcompact Omni and its nearly identical (except for trim) Horizon sibling. Chrysler hopes that brisk orders will make up for a turndown in sales for its compact Aspen and Volare models. At 30 m.p.g., the Omni and Horizon exceed federal fuel economy standards for 1985, thus putting Chrysler in a good position for taking direct aim at Japanese competition (Toyota, Datsun) and Volkswagen's Rabbit, which will begin rolling off a VW-built assembly line in Pennsylvania in April...
...Crimson women needed no outstanding individual efforts nor any lategame miracles as they put together a solid team performance, sparked by a very effective 1-3-1 zone-trap defense...
...winter nights its 105-ft.-tall crown framed the floodlighted White House portico, its graceful branches seeming to cradle the mansion. In summer it rustled softly and spread soothing shade across the lawn. Old 75's trunk was 8 ft. thick at the base. It was the most solid citizen of the front acres. Teddy Roosevelt's children played around it. Mourners leaned on it when they brought John Kennedy's body back to the White House. The televi sion journalists knew a friend when they saw one: John Chancellor, Dan Rather, Frank Reynolds, Tom Brokaw...
...December a conference in the nation's capital on regulations in plain English drew 800 participants, most of them Government employees. "Five years ago," said Legal Consultant James Minor, a member of the American Bar Association's committee on legal drafting, "we could have offered solid-gold Cadillacs as door prizes and not attracted 25 people." Wayne Granquist, a Carter appointee in the Office of Management and Budget, called attention to the plight of citizens confronted with bad writing. Until recently, applicants for a Citizens Band radio license were advised: "Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this...
...successful Bronco season has catapulted Denver onto the national sports map. Professional team sports are a recent graft on the Rocky Mountain iden tity. The National Basketball Association Denver Nuggets, while a solid team, are known as the place where former North Carolina State Superstar David Thompson disappeared. A hockey franchise new to the town is struggling with expansion team woes, and a planned sale of the Oakland A's to Denver Oilman Marvin Davis awaits the outcome of Round 57 in the Charlie Finley-Bowie Kuhn brouhaha...