Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Except perhaps Geneva, where representatives of the 13-member nations of OPEC met to raise the price of crude. Reporters in that city were greeted at every turn with airport-style metal detection tests, luggage checks and platoons of Swiss police armed with automatic weapons. Said Tehran-based Correspondent Bruce van Voorst: "The four gorillas who guarded Saudi Sheikh Yamani practically walked in his pockets...
...represent him as an example of what American manhood ought to be is rubbish, a disturbing sign of the turn toward reactionary conservatism here...
While Bob Watson--Scott's replacement--was belting drives and hits and homers for the Sox, Scott executed the old "George Scott double play" with startling timing and precision against his old teammates yesterday. While this may delight Fenway's dregs, some of whom managed to turn "Boomer" to "Boomer," it is a sad sight to behold, and an uglier one to hear. But it is better for George Scott and better for the Red Sox, who no longer have to rehabilitate old muscles, but must take care that their new ones stay in shape...
Since spring, University cooling systems were adjusted not to turn on until the outside temperature reached 75 degrees in buildings with open windows, and 70 degrees inclosed buildings. This requirement excludes facilities with computers and laboratories, which often require lower temperatures...
...there any time during July and August, turn back if the man at the gate warns you about the "greenheads"--they are not flowers, they are monstrously deformed horseflies that bite like scorpions...