Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This calm and candid response put an abrupt end to rumors running through Washington. It also marked a change of style in the White House press room that was particularly appreciated by the Washington press corps. For months, its members had been griping about President Johnson's management of the news and Reedy's inability to give them the information they thought they had coming to them...
...invasion of South Korea that year forced an abrupt about-face in U.S. policy. Aid and arms were poured into the beleaguered island so that it might withstand invasion, rebuild and modernize its economy, develop foreign trade. The U.S. has since funneled $2.7 billion in military aid to Chiang's government in Taipei, plus some $1.5 billion in economic assistance. A land-reform program has more than doubled farm productivity, while more and more of the nation's resources have been harnessed to industry. Formosa today boasts the Orient's second highest standard of living (after Japan...
...Other non-narcotic drugs will make their way into the illegal market," predicted Sadusk. In fact, they have already done so in Europe. And several of these "can cause states of intoxication and physical dependence similar to those induced by barbiturates, and abrupt withdrawal of excess dosages of these drugs can result in convulsions and psychotic behavior, or indeed, death...
...computer went on the blink. Even though the computer was necessary to help the pilot guide the capsule back to earth with pinpoint accuracy, the failure caused no great alarm. At the Houston Control Center, Mission Director Christopher Kraft blamed "glitch"-a computer-age gremlin that causes an abrupt change in power, fouling up delicate circuits. Kraft turned to Astronaut John Young, who used a similar computer on the earlier Gemini 3 flight, asked if a swift kick might revive it. Said Young, "Yes, if everything else fails." Nothing would get it going again, but Kraft declared that the failure...
...World War II, bought by a cranky American millionairess (Ingrid Bergman) who heads for the Yugoslav border spouting kind words about Hitler, though she cannot abide Roosevelt or Reds. Thanks to the rebel partisan (Omar Sharif) stowed away in her trunk, Actress Bergman -radiantly unconvincing throughout-takes an abrupt Left turn, ends up ferrying guerrillas through the mountains and dropping 20 years from her characterization...