Word: fittings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then, in an abrupt fit of rage at friend and foe alike, thousands of West Berliners went on a violent, four-day emotional bender that complicated the tense situation along the East-West barrier. What brought them to the boil was the death of 18-year-old Peter Fechter, shot while trying to cross the Wall. Many an East Berliner had died in similar efforts, but Fechter bled slowly to death in full view of a helpless, outraged crowd. Suddenly, all the pent-up frustrations exploded in an orgy of riots. After venting their anger on the detested East German...
Though the bill represents a radical departure, it still leaves a loophole as wide as a walk-in vault. Only the banks know the identity of their depositors, so it is up to the bankers to determine how many unclaimed accounts fit the description. Sure enough, some bankers quickly insisted that very little-perhaps only $1,000,000 or so-remains. Said one: "Most of this flight capital was repatriated...
...Besides being a safety measure, they reduce the strain on the back, and reduce general body fatigue." More than 70 different makes of front-seat belts have been approved by various state authorities; yet despite the wide choice it is still difficult to find a belt fit for children up to the age of six. What the kids really need is a sturdy harness that can be anchored to the floor but will leave the wearer free to squirm and move in any direction except forward...
...Spot. The anguish of parents put European governments on the spot. In West Germany, health departments were making plans to train 2,500 or more deformed children and to fit them with artificial limbs. In Britain, Socialist Lady Summerskill asked the government to consider legalizing abortions. It refused. In Belgium, a young couple and their doctor were in jail, awaiting trial on a charge that they murdered a malformed thalidomide baby with an overdose of another sleep-inducing drug...
Television is the roughest surgeon. Trimming feature-length movies to fit into 90-minute afternoon slots (and spare plenty of time for commercials) leaves many films at about half-size−65 minutes. Cutters first remove all sex, violence (which TV saves for its own shows), mistreatment of children and animals, slighting mention of minority groups, profanity. Profanity uttered in the middle of a sentence is blotted over with tape, leaving an uncomfortable "bloop" in the sound track. Cuts in The Cruel Sea somehow made two ships one, left much of the dialogue senseless and many episodes pointless, reduced salty...