Word: straws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...civilian government with strong support or there would be a military coup from either the left or right. The fact that someone close to the throne would even mention such a possibility underscores just how serious the Shah's situation has become. There was one other small straw blowing in the ill wind: a Massachusetts book publisher last week received an order from a Tehran bookstore for one of its titles: Leadership and Change...
...Scotch. He was excavating a nut-topped jamoca almond fudge, his choice from 32 cholesteroliferous varieties of ice cream dispensed at a 200-ft. bar by Detroit Diesel Allison during the four-day American Trucking Association's convention in October. The ice cream spectacular, with miniskirted waitresses, straw-hatted scoopers and a candy-striped orchestra, was only one of the multitudinous extravaganzas organized for the trucking-industry executives and their suppliers...
Conventions are as American as HELLO MY NAME IS badges, loud sports coats, straw hats, brass bands and George F. Babbitt, the Middle American Everyman of his era whose adventures at an annual gathering of realtors filled a trenchant chapter of Sinclair Lewis' satirical 1922 novel Babbitt...
...coach Frank McLaughlin about the technical foul straw that broke the Crimson camel's back last night before 8759 screaming South Carolinians, and you'll probably hear a very hoarse explanation for Harvard's 85-71 loss to the unbeaten (4-0) Gamecocks...
Sometimes new regulation can be the straw that breaks a company's back. The Lead Industries Association estimates that 45 lead plants, which account for some 80% of total U.S. lead smelting and refining capacity, will be unable to meet the EPA'S strict new air standards. Environmental and safety regulations have forced dozens of foundries and a few older steel plants to close. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) demanded such strict reporting and actuarial record-keeping that thousands of smaller firms dropped their private pension plans for employees rather than try to comply...