Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...desperate, he will always be clever enough to find the flaws in someone else's system. Rather, it is his inner feeling of what life is worth to him that will be the all powerful deterrent. This area must not be slighted while bigger and better bomb systems are installed...
Finishing his first day on the new job and anxious to hurry home to his five children and ailing wife, Jackson slid behind the wheel of his light truck and switched on the ignition. He had driven only three blocks when a bomb exploded under his seat, sending the truck careening into a telephone pole with enough force to kill him instantly...
Intercollegiate championships, Pasarell's style on the court reinforced his playboy image. A flashy but erratic power hitter who depended mainly on the big serve he calls "the bomb" and heavy, top-spin ground strokes, he was sometimes spectacular, but often seemed to lack the concentration necessary for center-court competition. "I've beaten just about everybody in the world," he allowed, "but I've been beaten by just about everybody too." Said his father, a former Puerto Rican men's champion: "In stroking, Charlie doesn't have much to learn...
...last week. To get into the finals, he had to beat France's Daniel Contet, Britain's Graham Stilwell, Denmark's Torben Ulrich, California's Stan Smith and Graebner. He got by them all. Against Ashe, Pasarell had to use his brain instead of his bomb when he hit a wild streak and could not find the court with his first serve. He switched tactics by easing up, angling his serves wide into the corners, and rushing the net consistently. Time after time, he caught Ashe out of position with quick, accurate volleys...
...time is approaching when the instrumentalists of Powell's Music fall silent, and what is called for is a long, critical view of Powell on his podium. That "character is fate" is a cliché; the fate of Powell's characters is, like a capricious bomb, historical chance. There is really no sense in any of his creatures except their determination to make their folly explicit in their own words and actions. They live to die. Yet for many years to come, they will also live in the compelling echo of Powell's funereal dance...