Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...styled man of destiny, seemed to have lost his sure touch. The farmers who barricaded the highways earlier this summer were still seething with discontent; workers grumbled for higher wages. There was widespread despondency over the failure to win a settlement in Algeria. De Gaulle was blamed for the breakdown of talks with the F.L.N. nationalists in June, for the needless brutality of the French army at Bizerte. Through it all. De Gaulle stayed haughtily silent, apparently at a loss for a new idea...
...educational system is under way with more students than ever-49.3 million (out of a population of 184 million) in all public and private schools, from kindergarten through graduate school. Since last year, estimates the U.S. Office of Education, enrollment has risen by 1,400,000, or 3% The breakdown...
Swing Classics (Lionel Hampton and his jazz groups; RCA Victor). A collection of some of the hallelujah blasts-Whoa Babe, Central Avenue Breakdown, Jivin' with Jarvis-that made Hampton tall on the bandstand back in the late '30s, when most of these tracks were recorded. The assorted personnel-Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie. Coleman Hawkins, Jess Stacy-are first-rate, and the unremitting frenzy of their attack is a fine antidote to the cool moods of modern chamber jazz...
...your request!'' he shouts. ''And that woman in her kitchen just now that is suffering with a bad tumor-God wants you to send in your request! And that woman that is sitting there by the radio and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Oh. God, don't doubt this broadcast. Be sure that you help me now. Obey the voice of God in you for giving me as much as you can, and God will give back, and if you send in $5 or more, request the beautiful nativity Bible...
Despite a widespread assumption that Americans are apathetic about civil defense, the Gallup poll revealed this week that a surprising number of people are preparing for atomic attack. Reported the poll: 12 million U.S. families have already done something to get ready. The poll's breakdown indicates that 9,000,000 families have stored food away for such an emergency. Still another 3,000,000 have altered their homes to provide a measure of protection. Some have reinforced basements; others have built fallout shelters. Thus one out of every five U.S. families has taken some action-just double...