Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student revolt spread out of the Latin Quarter and gathered supporters across the country, Prendergast called for reinforcements. London Correspondent Keith Johnson made it to Paris as fast as he could-via Brussels and a poky rented Volkswagen. He began his new beat with a ten-mile hike with worker demonstrators. His day's outing ended in the Latin Quarter, where, along with Paris Correspondent Roger Stone, he dodged police clubs and flying cobblestones. "I always said Paris was a great city to walk in," said Johnson, "but this is ridiculous...
...determined to find a way of counteracting the pull exerted by mill machines during weaving, which stretches fibers only to have them shrink back again after washing; his process which contracts and preshrinks the cloth, has been lauded as the most significant textile discovery since the advent of fast dyes...
...week's end. The drop eased concern that the speculators might wreck the two-tier system of gold prices that has unhitched the gold market from the $35-per-oz. gold price for monetary reserves. Still, the system's durability depends chiefly on how fast the U.S. regains control over its inflation and persistent balance of payments deficit. As last week's rise in interest rates showed, the U.S. is still losing ground in that battle...
Lotus's Colin Chapman built the new cars, which have been termed revolutionary but actually are not. Turbines have been kicking around the Speedway since 1961. The only thing revolutionary about the new Lotus turbines is their ability to go fast...
...Granatelli was up to his ears in fast cars, he was soon precariously low on drivers. Jones decided that he would not drive this year; and doctors announced that Jackie Stewart's hand, injured the month before, would not be healed in time for the race...