Word: disturber
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...terrible in retrospect than the blunders that led up to it-not only at Versailles but during the deadly political charade that immediately preceded 1939. Neville Chamberlain tap-tapping to Munich with his umbrella, Hitler screaming hatred from peaceful Berchtesgaden-these cliché figures still have a power to disturb that few living villains can match...
...California, the state legislature is digging out from a blizzard of 100 bills, many of them originally introduced for political mileage rather then passage. A legislative committee has winnowed those bills to twelve proposed laws and resolutions. If enacted, as expected, the measures will make it a misdemeanor to disturb the peace of any campus, command additional campus disciplinary action against convicted students, cancel their state financial aid for two years, and require all public campuses to develop specific codes of student behavior. New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller has vetoed three stringent bills as "premature," including one that...
...Does it disturb you that the American public, from having been 99% pro-Israel and enormously enthusiastic about the results of the June war, now seems slightly vexed with Israel...
Hello. Is this the Massachusetts Governor's office? I'd like to speak to Francis Sargent, please. This is the FBI. That's right. Federal. Bureau. Of. Investigation. Good evening, Governor. Awfully sorry to disturb you, but we're running a security check. The President has appointed an acquaintance of yours to make a study of Latin American affairs. Well, we wondered if you could vouch for this man's character. I mean, does he drink a lot, would you buy a used car from him-that sort of thing? After all, when it comes...
That was scarcely likely to disturb Kim, who unswervingly believes that if he keeps on humiliating the U.S.-and pointing up its reluctance to retaliate-the ties between Seoul and Washington will melt away. Indeed, South Korea was angry and unhappy last week over Nixon's mild response to North Korea's latest act of aggression. Kim also hopes that the steady flow of infiltrators he sends south will eventually damage Seoul's fast-growing economy by frightening away potential foreign investors and force the government to put more money into armaments...