Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...foothills of Lebanon's Mount Hermon last week, the quiet of almond-blossom time was shattered by the whine of jets, the clatter of tank treads and the thunder of explosions. Israel continued its attacks on Palestinian guerrilla bases inside Lebanon (TIME, March 6), and the fighting there indirectly led to a skirmish on the Syrian border and at least temporarily deprived the fedayeen of one more base of operation against Israel...
...clothing. Teams of six men on each side lunge back and forth at each other shouting, red-faced and sweating. Another group practices taking apart and setting up an 82-mm. mortar. Another instructor conducts a discussion with a small group on how to destroy an M-47 American tank, using a scale model and shouting his lesson in clear, hard tones...
...most distinctive feature of the building is the "think tank," a sealed-off area on the seventh floor that is available to any employee, male or female,* who reserves tank time far enough in advance. President Fred Turner had the idea, after deciding that some employees might want a taste of privacy now and then. The tank has two sections: one a soundproofed workroom equipped with dimmable lights, a hassock, a beanbag chair, a desk that can be adjusted from sitting to standing height and walls, floor and ceiling covered in beige pseudo suede...
...tank by mixed couples is strongly discouraged...
...looked at them-these bright, eager Caltech kids-and I said, "You mean the whole body is a radiator -including the doors?" Burns said to me, "That's right, sir. You can go 400 miles on a tank of water." I looked at him again and I said, "So tell me what happens if a car runs into me? Into my door, for example. Won't I get cooked? Boiled? Burned to a crisp...