Word: trunk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Throughout the Mekong Delta, trunk canals and irrigation ditches are filling, and Viet Cong units will soon be back to a favorite mode of transportation: elusive sampans. The riot of rain-fed foliage in the jungles and swamps provides better concealment for the Red guerrillas, while battle-weary government troops are compelled to slog through waist-deep mud. To both sides the monsoon brings misery: boots and web belts rot, weapons rust even under oilcloth, leeches drop from wet branches, and a thin green slime covers everything...
What really counts is a strong and steady beat in the left ventricle to send blood coursing through the trunk to the head and limbs. Once that is achieved, nature is likely to take over and get the rest of the circulatory system, including the three other chambers, to work effectively in unison. However, if both left and right ventricles have been severely damaged, they might be replaced by a two-in-one prosthesis with a single pump (see diagram, right...
...also grander. For an extra $495, a Cadillac buyer can get a combination heating-and-air-conditioning system that automatically maintains the temperature of his choice throughout the year; for another $141, his car will be upholstered in genuine leather. Continental offers individually adjustable contour seats and a powered trunk lid that is unlocked and opened with a dashboard control. More than 45% of Imperial customers order vinyl-covered roofs for an additional...
...Eisenhower, 74, that was certainly something to think about. Next day the old soldier's worry list lengthened unexpectedly. While he was in Washington for a physical checkup, thieves broke into his parked Lincoln Continental and found the secret button inside the glove compartment that unlocked the trunk. Though they left several suitcases of clothes, they heisted the car's spare tire, a $170 portable radio, a $10 box of candy, and the oxygen kit Ike uses when he gets short of breath...
...limousine appears in Trieste at the beginning of World War II, bought by a cranky American millionairess (Ingrid Bergman) who heads for the Yugoslav border spouting kind words about Hitler, though she cannot abide Roosevelt or Reds. Thanks to the rebel partisan (Omar Sharif) stowed away in her trunk, Actress Bergman -radiantly unconvincing throughout-takes an abrupt Left turn, ends up ferrying guerrillas through the mountains and dropping 20 years from her characterization...