Word: juggernauts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...JUGGERNAUT...
...Juggernaut updates the Noon plot device by combining it with that most lamentable of contemporary genres, the catastrophe epic. This time, it is a floating city that is in danger: the liner Britannic, with 1,200 passengers aboard. The mad bomber is ... well, let's just say disgruntled. No use ruining the surprise...
Newsmen have welcomed the improvement in atmosphere but not the juggernaut schedule, which has kept them in the air 240 hours this year. In his half-year in office, the Vice President has flown 80,000 miles to make 375 appearances. The Ford entourage was on the road 28 days in May alone, and the June schedule offers no relief. Last week reporters sent him an only half-facetious memo reading, in its entirety, "Subject: Complete Exhaustion...
...those who had died in Johannesburg had coincided with the beginning of asbestos mining operations, the first in the world, in South Africa. As the industry had grown, spreading into different geographical areas, successive generations were becoming increasingly affected. It was clear that the problem was proliferating like a juggernaut. Since the industry showed no capacity to control community exposure to its operations, scientists and health professionals banded together in attempts at preventive medicine and physiological research...
Even though the Crimson has been performing like some sort of pro track juggernaut, neither the 100 fans nor Stowell foresaw the humiliating defeat of what looked like a strong Dartmouth squad. "Going in we thought it was looking like a pretty tough meet," a surprised Stowell said after the win. "But as the score indicates, it really wasn...