Word: springly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Saigon in An Loc, now called Binh Long, the twisted debris of Jeeps and armored cars lies rusting in the sun. Bunkers have collapsed. Abandoned shell casings and brittle gas masks litter the barren ground. No other town in the South suffered so severely during the war. In the spring of 1972, when it was encircled by the Viet Cong, at least 1,000 artillery and rocket rounds fell on An Loc every day. Today only a handful of buildings has been restored...
...Spring at Vassar is traditionally lively," began the apologetic letter from Vassar President Virginia B. Smith to National Review Editor William F. Buckley Jr. Lively was certainly one way to describe the campus hubbub Smith was describing. It had followed the choice of Buckley, husband and brother of Vassar alum nae, as the 116th commencement speaker...
...world was heading for another energy crunch. There were waiting lists for big Ford Lips and Dodge St. Regises. GM was considering converting a Chevette plant to the production of full-size models, and Ford was rationing V-8 engines. But when gas lines developed in the spring of 1979, history repeated itself as farce. Consumers again demanded small cars, which the American industry could not provide. This time the Japanese were ready to step in and seize the market...
...pump is already about 55% higher than last spring-$1.20 for a gallon of regular, vs. 77? last year -and sure to go up again soon. Prices now range from $1.14 in San Antonio to $1.27 in Chicago. Deputy Energy Secretary John Sawhill said last week that gasoline prices would soon increase up to 8? per gal., owing to decontrol of domestic crude oil prices and further OPEC rises. In a recent Gallup poll, 87% of those surveyed said that higher prices had pushed them to reform their driving habits. Even in autoerotic Los Angeles, the number of car pool...
...closing: $510). Throughout the years the South Africans had a virtual corner on the small-investor gold market, selling an estimated 1 million Krugerrands in the U.S. annually. But competition has been getting stronger. Last year the Canadian government began selling its 1-oz. Gold Maple Leaf, and this spring the Mexicans started promoting the Centenario. Beginning this month Americans will also be able to buy 1-oz. and ½oz. medallions made from Fort Knox gold. These will be medallions-and not gold coins-and thus cannot be used at the corner drugstore. They will be sold through post...