Word: breakdowns
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bitterly disappointed by the breakdown of the ceasefire, Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw tried patiently to put it together again. To calm the anxieties of the Protestant community, ever fearful of being swallowed up by the Irish Republic, he emphasized that the province would remain a part of the United Kingdom "as long as the majority of the Ulster people want to keep the connection." He added flatly that he was not "out to let the gunman and the bomber...
Late last week Fischer claimed that Spassky was close to a breakdown and had gone into seclusion...
Whatever is done-and any dramatic move by the Vatican is highly improbable-Gijsen himself is clearly a man distressed. A few close to him say he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown-his third. Among his last public words was an almost poignant lament: "If the Pope would only tell me, 'Boy, you have made a big mess out of this,' I can tell you, I would thank our dear Lord on my bare knees to be rid of this job." Of all possible solutions, that seems the least likely...
...magic mountain may have taken offense at these pettifoggeries, because more ill fortune fell on the expedition. When Dr. Herrligkoffer returned, he suffered either a mild heart attack or pulmonary edema. Then the Italian, Leo Breitenberger, suffered a lung seizure, which was followed by a mental breakdown. Austrian Werner Haim sustained a severe leg injury, and several others fell ill. That left only two Austrians and the three British, who spent more time arguing over who was to lead than in actual climbing. The British quit in disgust, and soon the remaining Austrians were forced down by inclement weather...
...that Cronin's Restaurant violates the state sanitary codes. At the meeting the waitresses said that David Harris president of the Cambridge Civic Association had agreed to sit on a committee to mediate the strike. Ackermann said she would be willing to sit on a committee to investigate the breakdown of negotiations between Cronin and the HSWOC...