Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Miss Lillian swept up to the polling place, took one look at the line of voters shivering in the brisk wind and declared, "I wouldn't stand in this line for nothin'!" An hour later she tried again, and upon receiving the voluminous ballot said airily, "I don't know what you'd do with all this except paper a barn." Behind the blue curtains she obviously relegated the long list of constitutional changes to the barn: she was closeted only long enough to flip the one lever she cared about...
...relentless onset of the sea ... The Dulcibella, hitherto contemptuously inert, began to wake and tremble under the buffetings she received ... Soon her warp tightened and her nose swung slowly round; only her stern bumped now, and that with decreasing force. Suddenly she was free and drifting broadside to the wind till the anchor checked her and she brought up to leeward of it, rocking easily and triumphantly." Riddle's most famous nautical scene involves a desperate 13-mile trip in a dinghy through solid fog and tricky waters, with Carruthers rowing like a metronome on command and Davies guiding...
...afternoon wore on and the Ranger stopped by with news of endless rain we wavered and soon had to admit that we weren't going to wait anymore. It felt good to be moving again as we sloshed through the leaves which cascaded down around us in the strong wind. We reached the car by dark...
...Senate picture is not much brighter for the Republicans. Although a half-dozen states may elect a Senator with a different party affiliation than that of the incumbent, the Democrats still might wind up with a net gain of one or two seats. The best the GOP can hope for is to break even or perhaps pick up one seat if most of the close races break in their favor...
...aside" if Bazelon had his way. "What my colleague overlooks is that the public has some right to have the guilty convicted." Colleague Bazelon may also have neglected to consider fully the increasingly conservative view of the Supreme Court-where last week's decision may well wind up for review...