Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...believe that we had the support of the United Nations to go in and make this a full-out war. The thing started in such a way that everybody was a little bit fooled, and when suddenly the Soviets came in in strength with their tank divisions and it was a fait accompli, it was a great tragedy and disaster...
...sudden tropical squall, which snapped the mainmast before he could reef sail. Mary Harvey and Dr. Duperrault were slightly injured but not badly, as the splintered mast pierced the deck. Harvey was separated from the others by the fallen mast; then fire broke out in the fuel storage tank, spreading to the crumpled sails. Quickly, Harvey released the dinghy and a raft, ordered the others to abandon ship. Then he dived after them and swam to the drifting dinghy. He recovered René, unconscious while floating in an oversized life jacket, from the water. The five others had vanished...
...shore himself. Wassing argued that the tide was against him, that they were three miles from shore. But, said Wassing, "Rockefeller's restless nature made it impossible to endure our drifting around." Mike stripped to his shorts, tied a red jerrican and the out-board's gas tank together for a buoy, and set out. Eight hours later Wassing was spotted 22 miles at sea by a Dutch patrol boat...
...History and Theory of the Striptease and The Psychology of Inhibitions, girls can major in everything from Applied Sensual Communication to Dynamic Mammary, Navel, and Pelvis Rotation. The entire faculty is Sally Marr, 52, mother of four-letter Comedian Lenny Bruce. With knowledgeability gained during her career as a tank nightclub comedienne, Professor Marr lectures her pupils: "Keep your eyes on the audience at all times. Learn how to look at one man and take your clothes off for him. Not too much bump and not too much grind-that's passé and went out with Minsky...
...business. His methods shock the traditional winemakers. His stainless-steel vats and presses are by far the most technologically advanced in the world ("You won't find a stick of wood in our winery"); he pumps his wine by the millions of gallons through canvas hoses from tank to tank. He has taken to radio and television to advertise his wares with singing commercials ("Ripple-the wine with that ring-a-ding flavor . . . Oh-oh, that ring-a-ding taste!''; "Everybody gooes, for Gypsy...