Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...massive denunciation was directed at the President's abrupt dismissal of Special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox and the resultant departures on principle of two of the scandal-ridden Administration's untainted remaining officials, Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. It was aimed too at Nixon's original refusal to turn over tapes and documents of his Watergate-related communications as ordered by a U.S. court of appeals...
President Nixon's abrupt schedule changes kept the three TV networks off balance last week. First they had to go through the motions of sweeping aside an estimated $250,000 worth of prime-time programs for a Wednesday night speech on the Watergate tapes case. Then the White House decided on a Thursday night press conference instead. Preoccupation with the Middle East problem put that off until Friday. At no time did TV executives, or anyone else, question the President's right to a national audience of 60 million or more when he wanted...
...does not seem like a particularly bold or unusual move today, but Casals was one of only a few non-Jewish artists who took such a step. As the war drew to a close, he went on tour again, playing the cello and conducting. This tour came to an abrupt end. Casals had assumed that the allied governments would topple Franco. With the war over, and his hopes crushed, he said he would not play in any country which recognized Franco's regime...
...similarly sympathetic. The fact that his friend was also his mistress's husband only adds a little piquancy to the situation. Awash in forgiveness, the hapless killer has only one logical object for his mounting horror and self-loathing. His home, all glass and chrome and odd, abrupt angles, makes a suitably antiseptic moral landscape for the film, which is implacably smooth and elegant in the telling. Among Chabrol's finest work...
This year, however, a Crimson rout, while still a possibility, is far less of a sure thing. Harvard's soccer hegeonomy may be coming to an abrupt end after four years of assorted Crimson Ivy titles, undefeated regular seasons, and annual trips to the NCAA playoffs. Three-quarters of last year's league-leading offense is gone, the midfield has had to be rebuilt entirely, and only the defense remains relatively intact...