Word: umbrellaed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and in Houston and Cape Kennedy, scientists and engineers held round-the-clock meetings and nation-spanning conference calls to discuss possible repair techniques. One proposal was to have an astronaut poke a giant umbrella-like device out of a hatch and open it above the bald spot...
...support of most liberal reform Democrats in Manhattan, but not much else. He has very poor name recognition and no money, so that he can't go on television. Badillo did well with liberal Jews four years ago, but this time lost the support of the reform umbrella group, the New Democratic Coalition. His only hope now is that The New York Times endorsement he recently received will give him a big boost with the liberals...
...Very interesting," the Führer remarks, in a line straight out of Laugh-In. Hitler's doctor appears; he describes how he has come to suspect a link between smoking and lung cancer. "Disgusting," the patient snaps. Nobody is at ease with him. Goebbels, rigidly clasping an umbrella pole, hastily jettisons a cigarette stub when Hitler appears...
Nixon seems prepared to use executive privilege as a presidential umbrella for sheltering his misguided aides. But there is an underlying suspicion that he is using it to protect the American system from a constitutional disaster. The American system needs no favors from Richard Nixon, and the American people need no protection from the truth...
...Most Individual award went to a wet suited fellow paddling a wide surfboard. Two girls with an umbrella sail on a raft of plastic bottles won the Most Ambitious With Least Potential award...