Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Teen Age Werewolf will soon come?Wuthering Heights. "We were among the first to get into the youth-rebellion market," says Samuel Arkoff, A.I.P. chairman. "But we began to sense that that vein was pretty well mined. We felt there was going to be an abrupt shift to love stories...
Shorter Spots. The abrupt loss of $250 million in cigarette promotions has incited a bare-knuckled fight among broadcasters for new advertisers. CBS has begun selling separate 30-second spots, the first network to offer segments of less than a minute. ABC, which is more dependent on cigarette money than its rivals, has been particularly active in searching for replacements...
Toland's account of the internal politics and external maneuverings of prewar Japan is intricate and intriguing, though his discussion of the underlying cultural and social fabric seems sketchy and abrupt. His narrative of military action during the war covers familiar ground. But his talks with Japanese survivors produced chilling combat vignettes as seen from the other side...
...abrupt demise of President Nasser dealt a resounding blow to further efforts to resolve the Middle East crisis. Amid all the tributes paid to this great man were traces of foreboding among the political leaders of the world. The absence of a powerful representative for the Arab nations can only aggravate the already explosive atmosphere in the contiguous region of the Suez. All too often the death of the great statesman produces a plethora of regret not accompanied by equally sincere actions and efforts...
...promises of protection to the puppet regimes through which it manipulates internal politics in countries of the Third World. An American withdrawal would confirm this paramount lesson of Vietnam, and it is thus understandable that President Nixon and his advisors have "ruled out" the possibility of an abrupt, immediate withdrawal...