Word: reservoir
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...example Crout cites the case of Joyce Boyd in 1974. "After taking an early walk near Putnam Reservoir in Danvers, Massachusetts, she was attacked by two men when she returned to her car. Their obscene language made their intentions clear; but fortunately she had a handgun, the sight of which caused them to change thuir tune from 'White Mama' to 'OK Lady,' after which they ran to their car and drove...
...beginning to think he had lost, and he looked it. But in the twelfth round, the champion tapped a last reservoir of energy, and the third battle was on. As Ali landed a succession of bloodying punches to the head, the younger challenger faded. Frazier's face, especially his eyes, visibly swelled. Ali continued to press, knocking Frazier's mouthpiece out and following with a stiffening right. In the 14th, Ali hit Frazier at will. Frazier's left eye was almost sealed. That did it; Manager Futch stopped the slaughter...
...character of the American people is a tremendous reservoir of ability, hope and confidence, our economic structure is unshaken and our system of government is still the best on earth," he said...
...recent spurt in interest rates and a midsummer dip in polls measuring consumer confidence. But many Wall Street analysts believe that American motorists cannot sit on their wallets much longer. By some estimates, nervous consumers have put off buying 4 million cars over the past two years, creating a reservoir of demand that Detroit could well begin to tap with its 1976 models...
...from Munich's Riem Airport in a rented Bell JetRanger helicopter. Avoiding radar detection by sometimes flying as close as 3 ft. to the ground, he crossed the West German border, passed through neutral Austria and at 150 m.p.h. whipped across the Czech frontier near the Moldau reservoir, a sparsely populated wooded vacation area. As before, he was supposed to set down in a meadow, pick up his four passengers-East Germans like all the others-and within seconds be on his way home...