Word: sparely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Crumbling Lodges. Everything from breweries to cement factories has broken down. The only coffee now available locally is imported stuff, most of it smuggled in from Kenya because the instant-coffee processing facilities in Uganda, like nearly all the factories, are closed for lack of spare parts or repair facilities for broken-down machinery...
...muddy waters-though many have been shot out for greasy "hippoburgers" -and crocodiles abound, well fed by the bodies that get regularly dumped into the river. Ground transport is almost totally lacking. Less than 5% of Uganda's total bus fleet is operable; breakdowns are permanent because no spare parts are available...
...bedroom conversations in hotels. Only fragments ever saw print, but their existence has lingered in the air as a gossipy tidbit. Now, a federal judge has ordered the tapes held under seal for 50 years, not to be disclosed unless under court order. Presumably this is meant to spare King's widow, Coretta, any further embarrassment. A Department of Justice investigation concluded that the tapes were "very probably" illegally obtained; they are thus as much a blot on Hoover's memory as on King's. Why aren't they simply destroyed? Attorney General Griffin Bell ought...
Professor Lynn Klotz, who teaches Chemistry 61 in his spare time, is a star guard for the team. Unfortunately, he is hobbled with an ankly injury, suffered when he went up for his first rebound of the season...
...album, Barbieri manages to combine such apparently irreconcilable genres as folk guitar, cool jazz and assorted polyrhythms. "Fiesta," the finest track in this combination of styles, opens with guitars reminiscent of the Fronterizos, renowned exponents of Argentine folk music. Enter the jazz element. Barbieri overlays the backing with a spare yet haunting melody. Someone cries "Hey! Adentro!" and the guitars are the focus of attention before the horn brings in the melody again...