Word: tailing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...admitted that "willy-nilly" nationalization had not worked out well. "It was like having caught hold of a tiger's tail," he said, "but there was nothing else to do but hang on to it." After all, he pointed out, Red China, Russia and the U.S. have occasional economic troubles; it is his proud boast that Burma borrows the best from both Communism and capitalism while keeping isolated and independent of each. Maybe, suggested some in the seminar, Brigadier General Tin Pe, until recently head of the people's stores and the most Marxist officer...
...Hayley lets out of the bag is a Siamese. Male. Blue-eyed. Seal point. She calls him "D.C." which means "darn cat" but nonetheless has a nice bureaucratic ring to it. Quite appropriate, since D.C. is soon to be photographed and paw-printed, and have federal investigators on his tail. They are interested because he came home wearing a wristwatch, which may have been slipped around his neck by a kidnaped lady bank teller (Grayson Hall). Suppose the teller is right in the neighborhood? Suppose a pair of psychotic holdup men (Frank Gorshin, Neville Brand) are itching to do away...
...guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army. In fact, the emotional climate has so changed that the chairman of the pro-Eire Nationalist Party, Londonderry Businessman Eddie McAteer, counseled his once fiery followers: "No more unsuccessful insurrections, please. It is still risky to twist the British lion's tail. Just tickle...
...Dowling took the wind out of Harvard's sails immediately. He retreated to his 25-yard line on the first play after the kick-off and fired a pass that Bernie Madden caught on the run at the Harvard 30. The tail end zipped past two defensive backs for a 68 yard touchdown and the game was all but over...
...which he had drowned its daddy. Shaken but unhurt, Breedlove riveted two stabilizing wings on Spirit's nose, and last week he was back for another try. Waving to his crew, Breedlove pushed the throttle forward, and Spirit shot off across the flats, trailing a huge rooster tail of salt spray in its wake. "At first," he said later, "there was some vibration, and the car was moving around a little bit. But before I went into the measured mile, everything smoothed out. It was beautiful...