Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pope and party confront each other, both worry about what Poles refer to as "the Soviet tank factor," the fear that liberalization may go too far, as in Czechoslovakia in 1968, and activate those slumbering Russian divisions. That fear has loaded the plans for the Pope's tour with much heat, paradox and political potential...
...most Californians were too busy trying to beat the gas lines to worry about whether Carter deserved praise or censure. Some drivers offered station owners bribes of $10 to $20 for a full tank; others bought bootlegged gasoline for $6 per gal. or hired people to wait in line for them at $3.50 an hour. Johnny Rodgers, a professional football player, told a reporter that he got so impatient at waiting in his Rolls-Royce for gas that he bought the service station. Said he: "I bought it for my friends' convenience...
...Californian rented a truck for a day and returned it with a nearly empty tank, even though the truck had gone only eleven miles. To discourage similar siphoning, some major auto agencies rented out cars with tanks only one-eighth full. But for the second straight week, most drivers just sat in line for up to five hours, sunbathing, playing Scrabble, writing poetry in response to a San Diego radio station contest, reading magazines and newspapers and exchanging them with others in line. Highway officials reported that driving was down 15% on freeways and as much as 25% on city...
...performance during last year's invasion of southern Lebanon concluded that a number of Israeli lives were lost because of lax discipline, inadequate equipment and bad intelligence. Some roadblocks were unmanned, for example, leading Israeli troops to enter P.L.O.-held territory by mistake. As many as 21 tank were put out of commission because troops failed to follow orders. In less than a month, there were 182 cases of plunder by soldiers and officers. All this, commented the Jerusalem Post, was evidence that a "don't-give-a-damn" sickness "has spread over our lives in Israel during...
...obscenities or a promise to jam a camera where the sun never shines. Now Sinatra has rejoined the fray in more orthodox and, just possibly, more effective fashion. He has endorsed an article critical of the press in Policy Review, published by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, and has mailed copies of the piece to the President, Congressmen, college journalism departments, publishers and columnists...