Word: tug
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tug of war for the nation's will and soul, the flag has somehow become the symbolic rope. It takes no Swiftian eye to be astonished by what Americans are doing with ? and to ? the national banner...
Much of the testimony will center on an issue that has become a touchstone of the new protectionism: whether or not the U.S. should impose quotas on imports of Japanese textiles. The question has become charged with emotion on both sides of the Pacific, and ranks with the tug of war over the return of Okinawa to Japan as the worst diplomatic impasse between the two countries in recent years. Last month Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills, who is hardly known as a protectionist, introduced a bill designed to write import quotas into law. It would roll back imports...
placidity: people occasionally danced, played tug-of-war, and flew kites. In addition, the ever present Hare Krishnas mingled through the crowd, dancing and singing. Marshalls roamed the area with garbage bags, keeping the area clean...
...crucial third party in the tug of war over Scherbaum's soul, however, is an unnamed man in tennis shoes: Starusch's dentist. Starusch has an overshot underjaw. Pain and multiple appointments are involved. Along with other local anaesthetics, the dentist maintains a diversionary TV set on his wall. As a modern opiate it is not far behind Novocain and the ultra-high-speed drill...
peace, its trials, For the tug and mortal strain...