Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harder & Bloodier. In Manhattan, the United Nations voiced its alarm at the rapidly disintegrating situation by unanimously voting to send a team of "observers" to the Dominican Republic. The U.S. agreed that it might be helpful but insisted that the problem was one for the OAS. At OAS headquarters in Washington, U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker urgently advised Latin Americans to honor their pledge for a multination military force to help the U.S. keep order. And indeed, the first Latin Americans started arriving: 250 Honduran infantrymen, 20 Costa Rican policemen. Others were on their way from Nicaragua, probably from Brazil...
...Baby." There was obviously something visceral about Elvis and his music. Because soon there were riots in Hartford, Atlanta, and San Jose, Calif. Theaters were demolished in London and São Paulo, Brazil. Sociologists began to view the phenomenon with alarm. Studies showing that Elvis fans had a below-C average were circulated. A Senate subcommittee started to investigate the link between rock 'n' roll and juvenile delinquency. Pablo Casals condemned rock 'n' roll as "poison put to sound," Frank Sinatra called it a "rancid-smelling aphrodisiac," and Samuel Cardinal Stritch labeled it "tribal rhythms...
...Alarm. Since inflation frequently brings on a recession, Government officials and economists have been worrying about an inflationary onslaught for many months. Now they are more sanguine about the possibilities of preventing it. One reason is their conviction that the steel negotiations will result in a noninflationary wage settlement - of about 3% - and that the steel industry will therefore not put any general price hike into effect. "I do not expect inflationary pressures to develop," said Commerce Secretary John T. Connor last week. "I do expect that stable prices will sustain a broad and orderly expansion...
Back to the Monolith. The bombing of North Viet Nam, writes Morgenthau, has thrown the Soviet Union into "despair, alarm and exasperation, most keenly felt by those identified with a policy of peaceful coexistence with the U.S. They declare themselves to be fighting with their backs to the wall, barely holding their own against the growing influence of the faction that favors the hard line of Chinese." The Soviet Union cannot be expected to sit back and accept the destruction of North Viet Nam, Morgenthau argues. "Every target hit weakens not the resolution of Hanoi to unify Viet Nam under...
Though doctors generally see no cause for alarm about serious permanent damage from surfer's knobs, California draft boards are becoming deeply concerned. The typical knob on the top of the foot makes it impossible for a surfer to wear high-cut G.I. shoes. The beachniks are beating the draft...