Word: disturber
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when greeting a woman, kiss her hand and address her as "Madame" rather than call her comrade and raise a clenched fist in a party salute. Reflecting Communism's cramped living quarters and flimsy walls, the Red Emily Post also advises: "Try not to hiccup." Why? "You will disturb the neighbors...
...threat is convincing-but only so long as a potential enemy accepts its basic premise. What if he decides that his scientists and engineers have built a practically perfect defense so that he will not be wiped out by a retaliatory attack? This would obviously disturb the "balance of terror" that has preserved an uneasy nuclear peace for the past two decades. Some American military men argue that any "defensive" Russian ABM system may actually be a sign of belligerence, a signal that its builders are preparing to make the first strike, while getting ready to ride...
Despite these practical applications, many scientists share Physicist Everhart's concern about the space mirrors. Biologists fear that decreasing the hours of darkness could disturb the delicate circadian rhythms that control many life processes. Other scientists envision a mirror swinging out of control, reflecting sunlight indiscriminately over the night face of the earth. Even more alarming to Everhart is the potential proliferation of the mirrors. "Farmers would demand them to plow their fields at night," he says, "and resort owners would want them to light their lakes and pools." Singlehanded, Everhart has mounted an intensive campaign to rally...
...elephant slaughters might frighten the rest of the game out of the reserves, a month-long pilot hunt proved so successful that the government is now taking bids for the killing of thousands of elephants. Its primary stipulation: that the hunters destroy entire family units, leaving no orphans to disturb the survivors. As in the rest of East Africa, they must also make some provision for disposing of all carcasses...
Dunn said that the group decided that a demonstration would disturb members of the House and might damage University property. "We are trying to grow roses and trees in the courtyard," Dunn explained, "and there is a dangerous well that people might fall into...