Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...workaday John and Jane should not have to endure the earthbound hassles of gas rationing in order to get themselves to their underpaid jobs. Nor should they have to give up the occasional weekend trip to the beach, etc., while airlines continue to burn their gas guzzlers to accommodate myriad flights for the benefit of tourists, all in the name of keeping the U.S. economy alive. There has to be a more equitable...
Your article on the hippie bus [Feb. 12] sparked my own memories of such a trip. The bus was yellow and gray and prone to mechanical problems. Thirty of us and a dog lived for two days (it seemed much longer) on wall-to-wall mattresses, sleeping feet-to-feet...
...thing, a heavy cloud cover prevented the usual satellite reconnaissance, forcing U.S. experts to rely on intercepted radio messages to determine the progress of the Chinese forces. For another, Administration officials differed in their judgments of both Chinese and Soviet intentions. Immediately at issue was a planned trip by Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal to Peking. Some State Department experts opposed the trip, arguing that a postponement would indicate, to Moscow as well as Peking, that the U.S. was strongly displeased with the Chinese attack...
...point, Yates' arguments make sense: everyone should have the right to determine his or her own competence. As long as people are made to realize that the alternative to a successful trip may be death or injury, then their decision to go should not be subject to government intervention...
Disappointment was nowhere to be found after Crimson British sophomore phenom Mike Coglin ripped to a blazing 1:52.80 in the 200-yd. individual medley to bring home the gold. Coglin's record-setting time, which earned him a trip to scenic Cleveland State (site of NCAAs later this month), left everyone else in the race in his wake by almost a full two seconds. Princeton managed to hold on to a tenuous 79-71 lead, but the Tigers were hurt again by the fact that senior captain Bruce Kone, after missing a month of the season because...