Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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July 9 -The 202,000 ton supertanker, Tanksalot, breaks up off Plymouth, Massachusetts, in a storm while carrying a full load of Coca-Cola syrup. Things go better in Massachusetts Bay for the next three months.
July 22 -The Rolling Stones release a new album, Go On Up. 6,083,477 are bought in the first week. Lyrics of the songs tell listeners to "get high" and "blast off."
Aug. 15 -Henri Perrin, 27 year-old semi-successful rive gauche painter, draws in chalk on the sidewalk of the Boulevard Saint Michel that he will fast until all the killing is stopped.
Sept. 14 -Egypt announces a "highly successful" test of an atom bomb.
Sept. 15 -Israel detonates a Flouristan 238 Neutrino Anti-matter Fission Device (carried in a briefcase into the middle of the Sinai Peninsula) parting the Red Sea and setting fire to a limited sector of the firmament in what Israeli spokesmen term a "satisfactory test."