Word: zone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stump during the campaign, Robles was no match for Arias and his fiery oratory. But he strongly supported the Chiari government's demands for revision of the canal treaty with the U.S. and pledged to "rescue for our country the commerce of the Canal Zone, which should have been rightfully ours since 1903." In the slums and backlands, he promised to provide unemployment compensation and some moderate reforms in housing and schools. Repeatedly, he professed independence of the country's powerful ruling elite: "I'm not an oligarch, and not responsible to them." That remains...
...hour of arrival and the hour of expiration. Not even M.D.s were exempt. "A doctor can do almost anything in an hour," a traffic official declared. At the same time, a fleet of midget buses was launched to ferry people from parking areas on the edge of the disk zone to the center of the city...
Dartmouth tried to fight back, but was completely outmanned. Attackmen and midfielders harrassed the Indians so badly they hardly ever cleared a ball cleanly. Once in the attacking zone, the Animals had to deal with the awesome trio of Charlie Kessler, Dan Calderwood and Fred Gates, and got mostly bruises for heir trouble...
...Minute Rescue. Some cities are making progress. Chicago police have their own switchboard (POlice 5-1313) and a communications center where three-man teams are responsible for each of the city's eight zones. Calls automatically go to the right team, seated before illuminated zone maps that pinpoint the position of all radio cars. Two men receive and record the details on IBM cards; the third simultaneously assigns a car. The whole process takes about 15 seconds...
...foggy morning in Berlin, a yellow Mercedes from the Soviet zone drew up at the tollgate at the Heerstrasse crossing point. Two other Mercedes limousines had already arrived from the British sector, and in the pale light the exchange was effected...