Word: break
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What had happened? Explained an embarrassed Electricity Board technician: "There was a break in the neutral connection in the three-phase supply that became unbalanced." None the wiser, the citizens of Carlecotes presented the board with the biggest electrical bill in the village's history. "We'll repair or replace everything damaged," promised a harassed official...
Rhee was furious. He ordered his emissaries to break off negotiations with Tokyo. Crowds chanting "Down with Japanese Imperialism" shouldered through Seoul's streets. Opposition Democrats, dropping their fight against Rhee's harsh new police law, proclaimed their solidarity with the government against "Japan's unilateral and inhuman plan to send Koreans to Red slavery...
Relying heavily on a fast break offense and a man-to-man defense, Penn has a small but fast squad, and is currently tied for third place, just one game above the varsity. Penn's chief threat is George Schmidt, a good driver, and he will probably be joined by Joe Bowman, Jack Follman, Paul Rubincam, and Hugh Aberman
...final period, the varsity played some of its best hockey of the season, and certainly its best effort against the Eagles. But true to the form of the three previous games, the Crimson surrendered its early lead to a pressing attack which made the most of every break...
...headstrong President, who was treating the country to a double dose of wacky crises. Six weeks ago, to protect native Guatemalan shrimp from poaching by foreign trawlers, Ydígoras sent out P-51s on a strafing run that killed three Mexican fishermen (TIME, Jan. 19) and caused a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries. Last week Ydígoras brought on a school strike at home by appointing his cousin, a hulking female transvestite who never got past the eighth grade, as Minister of Education...