Word: hards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Although the West would not begin a conflict, it must still be prepared to make quick decisions on the use of nuclear weapons. But such decisions have to be made on a day-to-day basis, and concern about such momentous problems sometimes makes it hard for a President to sleep well at night. Even so, the crisis so far is no worse than the others: the possibility of war during the Formosa Strait tension of 1954-55 actually gave Ike more worry...
...favorite British myth that dies hard is that two Englishmen stranded on a desert island would not speak until properly introduced. Many an American tourist has found the silence in a British railway carriage oppressive. But last week, with an air of discovery, the Manchester Guardian reported the existence in England of something called the Conversing Travelers' Association. The Guardian triumphantly uncovered "what appear to be two facts about the association: it was formed at Letchworth in 1950, and it now has about 1,000 members indulging, as a matter of principle, in 'topical conversation with strangers...
Reaction in the Central African Federation was swift and predictable. Africans celebrated by drinking maize beer around log fires, began agitation for Dr. Banda's release from prison. But the Federation government showed no disposition to free either Dr. Banda or some 500 "hard core" followers, and began taking precautions against another African upheaval in Nyasaland. Ammunition stockpiles were checked. Special constables were alerted in Blantyre-Limbe and other Nyasaland towns, and two mobile platoons of the Northern Rhodesian Police were moved to the Nyasaland border...
...inning of exhibition baseball for an army team, Castro marched to the mound in high spirits. A onetime sub at the University of Havana, he unleashed a wild fast ball, got a friendly reading from the umpire. With the count at 3 and 2, Fidel whipped a high, hard one over the batter's head. "Strike three!" the umpire said...
...last when he was 31, just before he finished Don Giovanni. The treasures here are the Sonata No. 4 in F Major and the Sonata No. 5 in C Major, Pianists Haebler and Hoffmann play them with leafy serenity, geysering wit, and a crystal touch that never grows hard or metallic...