Word: trappings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...began the practice of law, was soon in politics-first as a deputy county prosecutor and then, starting in 1963, as a member of the city council. He was soon baptized in the hazards of his profession. His enemies attempted to hook him on a drunk-driving charge; the trap might have worked except that Baptist Hatcher is well known to be a lifelong teetotaler...
Caught in a trap, Aspinall backed down. "It amounts to blackmail," he grumbled, as he allowed that if Hayden would withdraw his rider and stick with the Central Arizona Project bill as passed by the Senate, Aspinall's committee would take it up first thing next session. "This is all I ever wanted," responded Hayden with a grin...
Crimson guards (and sometimes tackles) often pull out from the opposite side to lead a wide run. They will trap opposing linemen, and block two-on-one. These maneuvers require quick guards and more powerful players in the other line spots who can hold their...
...Trap & Destroy. The U.S. has also begun to apply a new treatment to roads and rail lines elsewhere in the North. In the past, U.S. flyers would bomb a road or a bridge in one place, wait until it was repaired and then hit it again. Trouble was that the North Vietnamese became too fast and facile at fixing things up, and transportation continued to move, at least sporadically. Since last spring, the U.S. has used a strategy known as "pursuit-of-a-target system." Now, U.S. flyers seek to make a whole series of cuts in roads and rail...
...Better Trap...