Word: stow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ship is considerably more difficult to hijack than a 100-ton jet. On the other hand, a 963-ft. ocean liner contains more hiding places for anyone who wants to stow a bomb aboard. Last week the British liner Queen Elizabeth 2 was in mid-ocean when an extortionist telephoned Cunard Lines and demanded a queen's ransom of $350,000. Six bombs were hidden aboard the Queen and ready to detonate, the caller warned. They had been placed there by an ex-convict and a terminal cancer victim who were fatalistically prepared to be blown sky-high along...
When his name emerged from the coordinator's list of assignments, he swung his sleeping bag over his shoulder, ambled toward the car and introduced himself, "I'm Dennis O'Brien, and this is my old lady Monica. Where can I stow the gear...
...newsmen, but it raised morale and helped to avert a serious health crisis. It may also have saved some lives. Hussein's trigger-happy Bedouins were constantly threatening to shoot photographers who tried to film the fighting from the hotel. The committee finally persuaded the photographers to stow their cameras until the situation improved...
...long ago, people went up to the attic to stow clutter away. Today they bring it down. Nostalgia and its bastard cousin, camp, have transformed debris into antiques, and trivia into gold. In the Hollywood attic, two losers have been moldering for over a year, waiting for a miracle that would render them profitable. The leftovers are Fearless Frank and Madigan's Millions, and the miracle is Midnight Cowboy, which reinforced the reputation of Dustin Hoffman and elevated Jon Voight from a cipher into a star with a six-figure salary. This month American International Pictures, with the calculation...