Word: wound
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...begins to look winnable, prominent male politicians move right in." This happened to Massachusetts State Representative Elaine Noble, who was running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Senator Edward Brooke. When revelations about his finances made him suddenly look vulnerable, three men entered the primary against her, and she wound up last...
...parents, the young woman puts on a Greek wedding dress and marries her lover at the county courthouse. They soon move into a farmhouse on the estate. Three months later, the bride seems despondent. She is found one afternoon lying on the ground with a fatal gunshot wound in her head. A coroner rules that she has committed suicide, and she is buried in the Staunton Hill graveyard, beneath a headstone that bears the Greek words for Little Flower. Her husband moves to Hoover, Ala., works as a stockbroker, and then returns to Athens in April...
...Teng wound up his historic visit at week's end, it seemed that his mission had not been an unalloyed triumph after all. Echoing the sentiments of many Tokyo political analysts and wary businessmen, the Japan Times said: "Teng charmed many people here, but worries persist that China's warmth may not only reduce our foreign policy options, but also trap us in an economic quagmire, rather than grant us the benefits of a combined market of 1 billion Chinese people." Still, that may be the price that Japan will have to pay, as it joins its neighbor...
...Tazara wound across virgin bush, its gleaming China-forged rails resting on immaculate beds of crushed stone. The 300 bridges, 19 tunnels, concrete retaining walls, culverts and sidings amounted to an awesome engineering feat. Even the hundreds of footpaths that crossed the tracks were neatly marked (in English) with big railway-crossing signs...
Louisa's story is modeled on the real-life exploits of Rosa Lewis (1867-1952), a legendary Londoner who started her career as a Cockney skivvy, became for a time a mistress to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), and wound up as the proprietor of the Cavendish Hotel, a slightly raffish establishment catering to the upper crust. Successes like Rosa's require bullheadedness and a certain animal cunning, qualities that Actress Gemma Jones mimes impressively. Her Louisa is a furious wren, an unbreakable China doll with a chin shaped like an eggshell and hard as a rock...