Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ALONE among the Arab states sharing borders with Israel, tiny cosmopolitan Lebanon had escaped direct involvement in the Middle East's frequent outbursts of hostility. Like Arabs everywhere else, the Lebanese of course paid lip service and tithes to the Arab cause against Israel, but they were far more interested in commerce than in aggressive politics. The Beirut government dutifully declared war against Israel during last year's Six-Day War-and sent two fighters on a sortie southward toward Tel Aviv. When one was shot down, Lebanon happily withdrew from the campaign, its duty done...
Split by dissension, unsettled by frequent shifts in owners and coaches, and booed by their followers, the Bullets of old played a brand of ball that was each man for himself. More than anything, they needed the knack of playing together as a team. This year they seem to be doing just that, even while utilizing the highly individualistic talents of a superstar and the remarkable performance of a rookie. The star is Earl ("the Pearl") Monroe. The rookie is Westley Unseld, 22, a relatively small (6 ft. 7½ in.) center playing his first year in the N.B.A...
...past seasons there were frequent rumors in Baltimore that the franchise for the hapless Bullets would be moved to another city, where the team could make a fresh start. This year the only hot speculation making the rounds is that the city will soon be the home of two championship pro teams, the Bullets and the Baltimore Colts...
...chief planner rattled off an impressive list of economic achievements (1968 income up 7.2%, industrial production up 8.3%). The 1,510-odd delegates were visibly unimpressed. Instead, they complained bitterly about the shoddy quality of Soviet housing and the poor reliability of farm machinery, which plagues farmers with frequent breakdowns. As Kosygin and Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev looked on, Chairman Nikolai Baibakov, of the State Planning Committee, assured the angry delegates that he would take immediate action to correct those deficiencies. Obviously, if the Russians want to upgrade their consumer and industrial goods, they cannot embark on the construction...
...group of unknown comics. What's It All About, World?, starring Dean Jones and produced by Saul Ilson and Ernest Chambers, originators of The Smothers Brothers, will also go on ABC. CBS will pick up another corporate effort by Smo-Bros Productions, The Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour, featuring frequent visitations by Pat Paulsen. Among the other midyear substitutes following older formulas: an NBC mystery comedy, My Friend Tony, by Producer Sheldon Leonard (I Spy), and an ABC game show, Generation Gap, put together by David Susskind's Talent Associates...