Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into the streets tells the story in chapters. The first thing out of the house was the mud. Next went the stuffed furniture, ruined by mildew. People were still trying to save their small appliances after they had scrapped televisions, washers, refrigerators. When they realized they couldn't fix the toasters and blenders either, they too went out onto the street. Then they stripped the wet plaster and finally the flooring, till only the shell remained...
...lost in the ever-receding levels of responsibility. The salesgirl shrugs and says: "I just work here." A car owner takes his new-model, newly purchased car back to his dealer to complain that, say, the trunk lid no longer latches shut when slammed down. The dealer cannot fix it; it is a manufacturing defect. Is it worth the bother of writing to the Detroit manufacturer, which may or may not give satisfaction? Too often, the car owner curses, slams the lid eight times for every time it latches, and resigns himself...
...resolution found the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan "deployed for immediate multifront aggression, threatening the very existence of the state." The only solution was military action "to liberate Israel from the stranglehold of aggression which is progressively being tightened." The Cabinet thereafter gave the General Staff permission to fix its own time and place for a response. Less than 24 hours later, Israeli jets were on their way to destroy Arab planes on the ground in a first strike that determined the course of the entire brief...
...President was preparing to leave for Moscow. After that, the Soviet press made it seem like a great achievement for Russia to press on with the summit despite "the reactionary forces," as Izvestia put it, that were seeking "to undermine peace." Rumors persist in the West that the fix is in, and that Nixon and the Russians have made a secret deal on Viet Nam -such as an agreement to deactivate the mines while the President is in Moscow. U.S. officials denied that there was any arrangement...
...crisis played a problematic role. President Nixon's TV speech came on election eve, and no one could firmly fix its effect-if any. Though McGovern is well known as an antiwar candidate, the President's speech came so soon before the balloting that it may have made little difference...