Word: tacks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taste and religion. Life of Brian is even now being protested by spokesmen for various pious groups. They are quite right to do so, for this is no gentle spoof, no good-natured satire of cherished beliefs. The Pythons' assault on religion is as intense as their at tack on romantic chivalry in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). They are funny lads, but detest all formal systems of belief, all institutions: the political left and right, popular culture, motherhood, womanhood, homosexuality, conformity and nonconformity...
Oilmen also accuse Nigeria of unabashed price gouging. Though cartel members agreed in June not to tack surcharges on top of the maximum $23.50 per bbl. for their crude, Nigeria for weeks has been demanding a $5 per bbl. premium on as much as half of its exports...
...boom and steers his craft by tilting the sail: when the boom is pushed forward, the boat heads off-wind; when pulled aft, it heads into the wind. Since the sail is mounted on a universal joint, it is free to move in any direction, enabling the sailor to tack and jibe easily...
...question is how much more of such treatment the world economy can endure. Since last December, official, cartel-wide increases have pushed up the basic cost of mankind's most important energy resource by 14.5%, gravely inflaming global inflation. Worse, surging demand has enabled the OPEC nations to tack on one premium and surcharge after another, raising the actual price for most grades by as much as 30%, to $17 or more per bbl. Next week such cartel militants as Iran, Algeria and Libya will press for an additional jump of at least 40%. To make the extortionate price...
...better at fighting and should be the ones to defend the country. From another tack, if the draft is a bad thing for men, why should women as well be forced to be subject...