Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wake of these protests, the ten-day-long Soviet press campaign against Sakharov came to an abrupt halt. Instead, the Soviets set out to placate Western opinion. In an attempt to forestall possible disruption of the European Security Conference talks in Geneva this week, Izvestia published assurances that the meeting would take place "in a favorable psychological climate." Then, in a dramatic gesture of conciliation, the Soviets stopped jamming Voice of America, BBC and West German Russian-language broadcasts to the U.S.S.R. for the first time since 1968. This was a major concession to Western nations participating...
Except for young Bayard Sartoris, like his ancestors, who is abrupt, almost violent. After returning from the First World War, his tranquil surroundings suffocate him. To escape the vacuum, he buys a car and speeds through the old country roads. The speeding car ultimately kills his grandfather; so does Bayard's impatience with life end abruptly in an airplane crash. Even the Sartoris' old "nigger," Simon, dies ending that era which never accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox...
...middle of the dance. The music gathers force, people crowd in, the corpse is lifted away, the dance goes on-and the image freezes on the anxious, frightened face of a black woman staring out into the audience. The scene has extraordinary energy, with its suggestions of abrupt but casual violence, al ways threatening but quickly absorbed. The very next scene balances and complements it: a long interlude of fare wells at the Havana airport, families breaking up, hurrying to leave the country for Miami. Here is the first introduction of Sergio (Sergio Corrieri), who remains in Cuba by choice...
Retirement will not be an abrupt change for his contented man. He admits he will miss his job--the people, the benefits and the books--but he looks forward to pursuing his favorite pastime--travel...
TWELVE months ago the Harvard University Press was struggling through the most turbulent period in its 60-year history. Saddled with a mammoth $379,000 deficit, a storm of emotional repercussions from the abrupt dismissal of its director, a disorganized and inefficient warehouse and delivery system, and a backlog of near-unsalable books, the Press was in a precarious position. Not only was its financial and competitive status under fire, but its reputation as the exemplar of university presses in the country was endangered as well...