Word: club
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seventh Chinese atomic test since Peking joined the nuclear club three years ago, the flash of a fireball last week lit up the desert around Lop Nor in northwestern China. It was the first test since last spring, when a Maoist mushroom cloud proved to the world that the Chinese had succeeded in the summa of atomic arts-building a hydrogen bomb. Bang No. 7 was far, far smaller, probably in the Hiroshima-bomb range of 20 kilotons. But it was no less menacing for being a minibang. Unless it was a partial dud-as Peking's unaccustomed silence...
...Separate clubs are formed around the Prime Minister, each Cabinet member, the Diet, the political parties, the police department. Only club members may at tend press conferences and briefings...
...clubs have special rituals, such as the "night ambush." Around 11 p.m., the members descend on their source at his home or office, extract from him the latest news and rush it off for the final editions. Anyone who breaks club rules is disciplined. When a reporter once got an exclusive interview with Sato without his club's permission, he was banned from briefings with the Prime Minister for a week...
Like man's, his sex life is a mess; He may aspire to faithfulness But rarely is he known to snub A lady member of the club. The trouble is, this information Is all from jungle observation. When Reynolds wants a closer view He's forced to study in a zoo, And there like men, the apes in cages Are prone to sulks and lethal rages, Turn homo and refuse to play With any girl who comes their way, Lose all desire to drink or dance, Fall in a catatonic trance...
...kills Hope to concede a putt, too. Most players will do so if the distance between ball and cup is "within the leather"-the length measured from the bottom of the handgrip to the club head. Not Bob; he always insists on measuring with whatever club has the longest grip...