Word: breakdown
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...military commission announced that the army will take over all civil airports, aviation institutes and Red China's 51-plane airline. The take over was ostensibly a move "to prepare for war," but it was more likely a Mao move to try to head off a total breakdown of transportation. That was not all the army took over. The military commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party announced that the army would take control of the municipal, security and police posts in Peking to ensure "the maintenance of revolutionary order." It was a sweeping grant of powers...
...former Czech who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1955 and become a citizen, discovered that Communist hospitality can still be highly uneven. Returning to the U.S. via Paris, Kazan's Soviet Aeroflot jetliner made an unscheduled stop in Prague for what Czech authorities said was a "radar breakdown." When it took off again, Kazan's seat was empty; the Czechs had arrested...
...Best Deal. Given all the uncertainty, California's Ronald Reagan loomed as an alternate beneficiary of any breakdown in the Romney band- wagon. While Reagan remained preoccupied last week with the first major battle of his administration, the abrasive controversy over the firing of U.C. president Clark Kerr (see EDUCATION), former California G.O.P. Chairman Gaylord Parkinson was spreading the word at New Orleans that the Governor was now "holding the door open" for the presidential nomination. In recent weeks, Texas' Republican Senator John Tower and Florida's new G.O.P. Governor Claude Kirk Jr. have made separate pilgrimages...
...stump or a buried fence, it is usually considered not to be the fault of the stump or the stump's owners. Conversely, when a skier is heading uphill on a lift, the lift owner is usually liable for any injury suffered because of mechanical collapse or breakdown unless the injured party was guilty of contributory negligence such as, say, bouncing around in the seat or leaning out to ogle a passing ski bunny. There is little precedent, however, when it comes to skiers knocking into each other...
...that, the breakdown suggested that good styling and merchandising can offset unfavorable economic conditions. Chrysler, the only big automaker to register a gain, sold 1.8% more cars than the year before-with its well-promoted Dodge Division leading the way (see following story). Similarly, while General Motors suffered a 6.8% overall sales decline, Cadillac's sales were up 5%. For Pontiac, benefiting from the popularity of its intermediate Tempest, it was the fifth straight year of record sales. The big G.M. loser (off 11%) was Chevrolet, which held on to a slender...