Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Such are only a few surface signs of a phenomenon that has come to be known, often disapprovingly, as the "Americanization" of world culture. There is no doubt that things American have traveled fast and far. The American influence can be seen in the blue jeans under the flowing robes of Oxford students, in the garish neon signs in Bangkok, even in the Russian youths who exchange jazz tapes in Moscow cafeterias. It is responsible for the aching shoulders of bowling-alley patrons on six continents, for the new tendency of Iranian pilots to name their children Mark or David...
...battle. Bunk ers like shell craters pock the narrow fairways, and the thick, encroaching rough grows three feet high in spots. "You need a search warrant to get in that stuff," complained South Africa's Harold Henning. Adding to the misery, the howling winds dried the already fast greens to billiard-table speed. "It'll be the same for everybody," sighed Nicklaus. "That's the only thing you can say in its favor...
...these mathoms." Permanently hooked Ringworms frequently memorize long passages from the trilogy and learn how to write Tengwar or Certar, two peculiar and ancient-looking scripts that Tolkien invented on behalf of his mythical creatures. The most ardent readers of all are likely to join the nation's fast-growing Tolkien Society of America, which publishes magazines containing learned disquisitions on the elaborate genealogies and intricate rules of grammar that the author attached as appendices to the trilogy...
...experienced trial lawyer, Marshall is unsurprised that two witnesses rarely report the same set of facts about an auto accident, "an exceedingly complex and sudden occurrence taking less than ten seconds." For one thing, witnesses overestimate time and distance according to how endangered they feel. They disagree on how fast the same car was going by as much as 25% . Perception also varies with physical condition: menstruating women, for example, react slowly, while older persons have less facility for perception of speed and depth. Interpretive judgments may vary with each individual's "age, race, nationality, sex, profession, religion...
...year career with Lorillard, Cramer concentrated on the company's exports, retained his interest in overseas business after he became president in 1961 and chief executive a year later. Lorillard's greatest sales (95%) and biggest headaches, though, are in the domestic field, where its onetime fast-selling Kents have slipped. Last year Cra.mer moved aside for Manuel Yellen, who became chairman of the company and chief executive officer. In his $50,000-a-year job with Royal Crown, Cramer will be able to return to the foreign market he understands so well, will try to broaden overseas...