Word: tab
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enthusiasts are proving difficult to scare off. In Austria's famed Arlberg skiing center, where vacationers have been stranded by avalanches that covered both roads and railroad tracks, authorities have sent in helicopters to evacuate those who want to leave. For every skier who pays the $14 tab for a ride out, another happily antes up the same fare...
Although avalanches have taken a severe toll this season, they undoubtedly would have been even more disastrous without such preventive efforts by the Federal Institute and warning organizations in other Alpine nations. Based on reports from 50 substations, which keep tab on such critical factors as the depth, density and temperature of the snow, the institute issues daily avalanche bulletins that are carefully observed by the Swiss...
...Bonded Couriers. Later, frenzied crowd sounds and prefight color by Sportscaster Guy LeBow were dubbed in. The whole show is guaranteed to run at least 70 minutes, and the tab is $5 or so. To build suspense and box office, Woroner is trying to keep the result "more closely guarded," as one ad says, "than the gold at Fort Knox." All of the seven possible conclusions (knockout, TKO and decision going either way, plus a draw) were filmed...