Word: spiking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since taking over as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan last July, Adolph Dubs, 58, an affable 29-year career diplomat known to all as "Spike," had traveled a similar route to his office every day, without a security escort and without incident. There was a winding drive from his residence, skirting the old bazaar district, then a fast stretch to his embassy on the edge of Kabul. Last week Dubs' routine led to his abduction and death−and an international uproar that put still more stress on U.S.-Soviet relations...
...experts began with a survey map of the scene and then charted the major echo points such as buildings, trees and even the press bus in the presidential motorcade. After eliminating irrelevant noises like the motorcycle engine, they identified four separate "high spike" sounds that they say were gunfire (to the ear, no gunshots are discernible when the tape is played normally). Their technique, they say, enables them to locate the origin of a sound to within two feet, and they claim that the fourth shot (actually the third in the sequence) was definitely from the grassy knoll...
...unappealing image. But, consider that practically everyone back then, men too, was dressing in "proletarian garb." It just became fashionable to not wash your clothes, because who cared what we looked like? There was a cause to fight for. Women realized they no longer had to totter around in spike heels and in pants so tight they couldn't breathe--they realized they did not wish to be "desired" by men as sexually attractive beings. And don't forget the hotpants craze, which every woman, fat or thin, squeezed themselves into...
...what's new? The way for women to get jobs these days is to put on those spike heels and wear dresses split up to their crotch. But it's o.k. because, uh, women have made their point...
...STRONGEST, MEANEST, hardest-looking queen I had ever seen loomed in the doorway. The restaurant came to a stop. Five foot 11 and 160 lbs. of muscle dressed in spike heeled black leather boots and a clinging black gown, she stood taking a deep drag on her extra long cigarette. A large and capable looking waitress gingerly led her over to the most remote booth and silently prayed there would be no trouble...