Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Latin America's women have some distance yet to go to emancipation. Ecuadorian and Colombian law still prevent a married woman-separated or not-from leaving the country without her husband's written permission. But such old-fashioned notions are dying fast, and Latin American women are determined to lay down a few rules of their own. "We know," says Colombia's Señora de Uribe, "that we have something else to offer than men-namely, the human element, more compassion. And with this, we will conquer society which for years has kept us submissive...
...occasional lark for a far-out coed or a conversation piece for a starlet in need. Now, to the yé yé sounds of the Frug and the Monkey and the fashions that dance along (high high boots, short short skirts and cut-out shoes), manufacturers are moving fast to get them on the counters again...
...just had a fast board," said Hemmings. The judges had a different explanation: "He took more chances...
...larger than the distance light would travel during the period of fluctuation. Even the crowded nuclei of normal galaxies are many thousand light-years in diameter, so no known influence could cross them quickly enough to make them flicker on a monthly tempo. An object that flickers so fast would have to be less than one light-year in diameter, unless it follows physical laws that are wholly unsuspected by human scientists...
...itself mostly on past planning: nearly all of the 48 power stations under construction were started by private owners. By 1973, Italy's power needs are expected to double to 110 billion Kw-h., and a serious power shortage may occur even sooner unless the agency gets moving fast with more new projects. The cost of necessary expansion-plus the compensation payments-adds up to $1¼ billion a year. The agency, despite a slight increase in profits last year, can handle only about a third of that from its revenues...