Word: violent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...August 1, 1976, police arrested 18 Clamshell members for trespassing during a non-violent occupation of the Seabrook construction site. At the official ground-breaking ceremony four days later, a dozen Seabrook residents, many elderly, blocked the path of the official procession. There were three arrests. On August 22, 180 people were arrested for trespassing in the second Clamshell occupation at Seabrook. During the occupation of April 30, police took 1414 people into custody...
Nuts called his new disease "Crew Anti-jockism," adding that those afflicted with the condition tend to become nauseous, violent, introverted or sleepy when people around them begin to discuss crew...
catch a crab: (King, Alaskan King, legs of) An oarsman catches a crab when his oar hits water on the recovery, knocking the handle back into his body. At times, the shock can be violent enough to throw an oarsman from the boat in which case he may get "sharked" (sharking is usually fatal to the race...
...talked to and observed the President from dawn into the late evening (TIME, April 18). Carter was talking about a session with Cabinet members and advisers to hammer out the energy plan that the President will present to the nation this week. Even before its release, the plan generated violent debate. As preparation for that debate and to get the ideas of business, labor, political and environmental leaders, Time Inc. convened a special energy conference in Williamsburg, Va., last fortnight...
...mean lady," says Swiss-born Actress Marthe Keller, 30. Mean is perhaps not quite the word for her roles as a double agent in Marathon Man and as a Palestinian terrorist in Black Sunday. "I couldn't connect with that part, it was so violent," she says. "I played it cold, without emotion, like I would do Lady Macbeth." Her next appearance will be in Bobby Deerfield with her real-life love Al Pacino. She is also signed to play in Director Billy Wilder's movie of Thomas Tryon's bestseller Crowned Heads. Her role: Fedora...