Word: exits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even these moments were tinged with unreality. The egg-thrower, despicable as his act was (he hurled the missile and then dashed out an exit) is not the real enemy of disarmament--nor are his parent right-wing organizations. These people are easy to spot and easy to dislike, but they exert little direct influence over national policy and their mood scarcely reflects the temper of the nation...
...wording of the G.O.P. platform's defense plank-a compromise between the Treaty of Fifth Avenue and Ike's insistence that U.S. defenses are more than adequate-gave the President a dignified exit: the plank gently recognized a need for new looks at defense programs, citing "swift technological change" and new "warning signs of Soviet aggressiveness" as the reasons...
...Cuba. The consulate issues 200 visas a day, but the demand is so great that applicants now must wait until next May even to get appointments for interviews. The drain on Cuba's supply of trained men-engineers, economists, doctors-last week persuaded Castro to cancel all existing exit permits. Henceforth, those who want to leave home must fill out an elaborately detailed questionnaire. Its aim was plain: to keep tab on those who are getting out and to provide a handy list of their assets in case they do not come back...
...Metropolitan that evening was Verdi's Falstaff, with an unknown "cover" singer filling in for the ailing Spanish Baritone Vincente Bal-lester in the role of the wealthy burgher Ford. In the second act Ford sang his famous monologue E sogne? a realta? and shortly made his exit. As the orchestra launched into the music of the act's second scene, the audience began chanting an unfamiliar name: "Tibbett! Tibbett! Tib-bett!" Conductor Tullio Serafin waved his orchestra to silence and through the gold curtain stepped a slim young man with a putty-shaped nose to acknowledge...
...housed a jeep, two tank cars for water and diesel fuel, seven air-conditioned "quarters cars"-including one with stereo set, radio, TV). When the train stopped, crewmen stepped out and limbered up, but could wander no farther than 150 yards-earshot range. A sharp command from the single "exit-entrance" brought them scrambling back...