Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pain of Zero...
Foreign Minister Ahmed Suweidi admits that the Union of Arab Emirates is "starting at zero at present," but he says that it intends to move toward democratization and direct elections. Some Arabs insist that they are already there. "Who says we don't have democracy?" one Bahraini insisted. "Here you can go and have coffee with the ruler any day you like at his majlis [daily social hour]. It is better than your democracy...
Lewis tells me that a "Line One" (meaning a G.I. combat death in army jargon) "happens just rare enough so that nobody at home knows about it. But if you're out here, your peace outlook goes straight to zero." And, he adds, "I'm going to kill as many of those mothers...
Barrow in winter is mainly a scattered group of frame houses covered by layers of frost. Much of the time "20-20" weather prevails-20°-below-zero temperature and a bone-rattling 20-knot wind-making the chill factor 70° below zero. During winter in Barrow one does not walk more than 1,000 ft. before taking cover. To go farther would invite painful frostbite...
...immediately to forge an agreement allowing Chrysler Motors to market Mitsubishi's Colt in the U.S., the first such deal between Detroit and a Japanese manufacturer. Makita took unabashed pride in the fact that Mitsubishi's chief products during World War 11 were warships and Zero fighter planes, and was an outspoken advocate of Japan's rearmament "Now that our G.N.P. is third in the world," he said, "now that we are among the rich, we have to guard against burglars...