Word: halt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...important as the kind of government that emerges in Vietnam will be the war's effect on American foreign policy. We hope the government never draws form its very limited military success the lesson that military intervention must be used to halt revolutions everywhere. Again and again in the next few years, the United States will see governments threatened by revolution, and again and again the cry will go up: "Remember Vietnam -- Intervene...
...after quarter, businessmen have watched with astonishment as corporate profits climbed in an almost unbroken arc. No one really believed the climb could last.that long, and both businessmen and economists several times prematurely blew the whistle on further advances. This year, in particular, many started out by predicting a halt to the gains. Last week, early reports for the third quarter indicated that profits rose to a new postwar peak of close to $45 billion after taxes. In addition, the return on investment in manufacturing reached its highest level (13.8%) since the Korean...
...archaic dialogue, Whiting keeps his dialogue modern and even Soc Relish. Detailed arguments in the book often reappear contained in conversational sentences. For example, Huxley insists that men searching for evil do so from a sense of their own sinfulness. When the Archbishop in the play puts a temporary halt to Grandier's witch-trial and the chief exorcist complains that "the Archbishop has made evil impossible in this place," Whiting uncannily reveals the prosecutor's unconscious guilt...
Once, twice, three times, 102-year-old Silvano Faenza trotted around the vast perimeter of St. Peter's Square. Finally, after six suspenseful laps, he braked to a halt-smack in front of waiting newsmen. He had a startling message: the secret of his longevity, he said, was a lifetime of drinking beer. Beer in wine-loving Italy? Such gimmicks, virtually unheard of in the country until a few years ago, have doubled Italian beer consumption since 1958. The St. Peter's stunt is only one of many brought about by a new figure in European business...
Freshmen eyed their four-week friends with renewed interest this week as a chain letter swept the yard. Unfortunately for the expectant entrepreneurs. Dean Von Stade has also become interested in the affair, and is about to call it to a halt...