Word: goad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the first episodes have been shown on the air before the final ones have been shot, not even the Wilkinses themselves know what will happen next. So far, the suspense has centered on the efforts of Mrs. Wilkins and Eldest Daughter Marian, 19, to goad Marian's boy friend Tom (with whom she shares a room at the top of the family house) into marriage. "He's a bit thick," says Marian of Tom. "He's not thick," counters her mother. "Otherwise you'd already be married...
...Goad the House Judiciary Committee into hastily subpoenaing presidential tapes and documents and basing its entire impeachment case on a contempt of Congress citation against Nixon for obstructing the impeachment inquiry if, as he has so far, he refuses to yield the evidence. Nixon apparently believes that such a charge would be too thin to enlist broad public support and that even if impeached by the House on that charge, he could muster the 34 votes necessary in a Senate trial to retain his office...
...standing between parallel bars. "With the help of a walker I can go 150 steps," he told TIME'S Atlanta bureau chief James Bell. "The doctors tell me I'm in excellent shape now except for the paralysis of the legs." His wife Cornelia, 35, likes to goad him by saying that she will make his next speech for him if he is too tired...
...response to army demands for higher pay, the Emperor had earlier been forced to oust his old Cabinet and name a progressive-minded diplomat, Endalkachew Makonnen, 46, as Prime Minister. The military's success in getting what it wanted apparently served as a goad to other dissatisfied Ethiopians. In early March a general strike paralyzed Ethiopia's cities for four days and cut the country off from the outside world. The international airports in Addis Ababa and Asmara were shut down and the Red Sea ports were closed. Food and fuel shortages spread as truck drivers stopped working...
...extent of the damage became clear, there were angry recriminations within NASA. Officials feared that the monumental goof would goad Congress into cutting off funds for manned space flight. TIME Correspondent John Wilhelm subsequently learned that the troublesome shield was new and untried, and had repeatedly caused problems during its development. Parts had failed at least four different tests. The shield was apparently plagued by an extreme flutter when subjected to the stresses of launch. Though aware of the shield's shortcomings, NASA decided to use it anyway, mainly to save a few million dollars in additional development costs...