Word: drumbeat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perhaps unjustly accused of being galvanized by nothing less than all-out war, are ready to adopt measures to conserve energy despite the costs involved. This willingness to accept some austerity may reveal a realism about the horrendous international problems created by extortionate oil prices. Or perhaps the dire drumbeat of warnings about diminishing reserves of raw materials has made the difference. Self-preservation, like charity, starts at home. Either way, it may well be that Americans will accept sacrifices, if only someone calls upon them for more than voluntary half measures. Just the other day, White House Press Secretary...
...past two years, the reader of an American newspaper has been virtually assured of finding a Watergate-related story blazoned across the front page. But now the drumbeat of daily Watergate headlines has died away to a faint, uninsistent thump. Suddenly, there is no "news." Or, to put the matter another way, all the news that fits is in print. Local gripes now receive fullblown front-page treatment. Crime makes a comeback. Sports stories normally relegated to back pages jump startlingly forward. The merely eyecatching, the determinedly trivial and the yawning of a new era are now featured boldly. Says...
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is a medley of the sounds of war. Cannons roar, bells chime, whistles and trumpets pierce the muffled drumbeat. Seeking superrealism in his interpretation, Atlanta Symphony Conductor Robert Shaw installed 16 electronically controlled explosive devices to simulate cannons in the pit. Last week, before a crowd of 1,500, he pressed a button on the conductor's stand on cue, and a smoky, skull-splitting blast filled the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center. That triggered a smoke-sensitive automatic fire alarm. In minutes, 25 eager firemen charged into the auditorium, axes and hoses...
Heykal's ouster is a clear sign that Arab governments, and the Egyptians in particular, are increasingly marching to an American drumbeat in pursuit of a resolution of their conflict with Israel. And more and more, the desired resolution appears to be peaceful coexistence rather than military conquest...
Saddened Man. Whatever the origin of the resignation rumor, it quickly developed a momentum of its own, building up a drumbeat of pressure on Agnew beyond the immediate exigencies of his situation. When Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter phoned Agnew to encourage his old friend, he found himself talking to a weary and saddened man. Reported Carter: "He said that he and his family were under tremendous pressure and that he felt like he was fighting a division with a platoon...