Word: dies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Critic Kenneth Tynan. In a review written for the London Observer, Tynan dealt with the book briefly and concentrated on attacking its author. "For the first time," he said, "an influential writer of the front rank has been placed in a position of privileged intimacy with criminals about to die and-in my view-done less than he might have to save them...
...guide advises girls visiting Yale to "look up with adoration and pretend you don't understand the dirty jokes that transpire all evening; look submissive, and some day you'll be a suburban mother." At Amherst, "traditions never die: Lord Jeffrey Amherst tried to deal with the Indian problem by sending them blankets contaminated with smallpox germs. Today, two centuries later, Amherst men are trying to cope with still another problem, but again with blankets." When going to Wesleyan, pack "knee socks, saltines (they never feed you) and a guitar." At Williams, beware of "the woods...
...conference and, to general surprise, minister-level delegations came from eight-Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Viet Nam and Thailand. While many guests still held grudges against Japan, the mood was summed up by Malaysia's Foreign Minister Lim Kim San: "Bad memories die hard, but the fact that eight Asian nations have responded is proof that they are more concerned about the future than the past...
...safer than those up front has a little basis in fact, but the passenger can do better by sitting close to an emergency exit. Above all, he should swallow his shyness and ask questions. He should not imitate Comedian Mort Sahl's timid traveler who would "rather die than look foolish." The annals of the air are filled with stories of people who led many other passengers out of a crash simply because they had troubled to find out about emergency doors...
...barred from full membership by its peace treaty with Russia, Austria believes that even "associate" status in the EEC would mean tariffs so low that competition would force its sluggish home industries to become more efficient. Of course, some Austrian firms would perish in the process. "They'd die anyway eventually," shrugs Austrian EEC Envoy Eugen Buresch. As harsh as that prescription sounds, Austria seems willing to swallow it to bolster its economic strength...