Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...started in 1962, when hand some, well-to-do Dr. Robert Boehme (rhymes with Mamie) was brought to trial in Tacoma for the attempted mur der of his wife Dorothy. The state charged Boehme with injecting a near-fatal dose of poison into her veins so that he could be free to marry sensu ous Mary Boehme, his great and good friend, who had previously been mar ried to his brother. Throughout the trial, Wife Dorothy spent most of her time flashing smiles of encouragement at Boehme, who was, in due course, acquitted. Three months later, his wife died...
...lousy slob!" says Dilwick the police chief. "Shut up, pig," says Mike Hammer-for him, an exquisitely genteel response. He has already extracted several of Dilwick's teeth with his knuckles, later subjects him to a fatal phlebotomy with a .38-cal. slug. The action in Mickey Spillane's 18th book is embossed with his usual delicate imagery ("The sun was thumbing its nose at the night"), characterization ("On some people skin is skin, but on her it was an invitation to dine"), and grammar ("You lay there, kid"; "I thought I could discern shouts"). As always...
...threats of water meters and stopgap measures like the rationing of water for air-conditioning units. There is, of course, nothing wrong in advocating economical use of existing water supplies, particularly when it is coupled with a sincere effort to stop leaks in the water system. What is fatal, however, is the assumption that these temporary measures are the final solution. No one would like to see tax-burdened New Yorkers saddled with another tax of questionable necessity. Even if the aqueduct system were to be completely rid of leaks (which hardly seems likely judging from past attempts) there...
...performing on the air. His style can be characterized only by a total lack of style. "There's a close personal relationship between my radio and myself. If a guy starts putting me on, he's finished. I just do what I like. Changing what I do would be fatal to me because there isn't much difference between what I am and what...
...moon, however, has no atmosphere or magnetic field to stop the particles; they reach its surface at velocities great enough for -the heavier protons to penetrate space suits and the thin walls of a Lunar Excursion Module (LEM). Caught on the surface of the moon, astronauts might receive a fatal dose of proton radiation before they could return to their orbiting Apollo vehicle, which will be substantial enough to withstand the most severe solar bombardment yet recorded...