Word: heighte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terrorist activity reached its height in Canada's October Crisis of 1970. F.L.Q. gunmen kidnaped British Trade Commissioner James ("Jasper") Cross and Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, eventually murdering the latter. Prime Minister Trudeau invoked Canada's 1914 War Measures Act, placing the entire country under martial law. Quebeckers were deeply traumatized by the presence of gun-toting soldiers in their midst, but an overwhelming majority approved the harsh antiterrorist measures...
Sullivan also bettered his winning effort over last week's contest. He leaped 6 ft. 10 in. to take first in the high jump. Geoff Stiles, however, failed to repeat his G B C victory in the pole vault, missing at the opening height...
...dedicated to preserving for this country the capability to turn to political action when it suits the purpose and when it is properly authorized. We have not by any means abandoned covert action. While it has been much scaled down from the height of the '50s and '60s, it does continue...
...radio circuitry. The craft crashed into the atmosphere over a remote Canadian wilderness area last week, apparently emitting strong radiation. American space scientists admitted that if the satellite had failed one pass later in its decaying orbit, it would have plunged toward earth near New York City-at the height of the morning rush hour...
Singer-Writer Randy Newman's hit single Short People has hit the Top Ten on the pop charts almost overnight. But along the way it has burned a lot of Americans who stand well under average height (reckoned at 5 ft. 9 in. for men and just under 5 ft. 4 in. for women). Among other slurs, the song says that smaller folks have "little hands/ And little eyes/ And they walk around/ Tellin' great big lies." The Little People of America, a national outfit boasting 2,000 members who are 4 ft. 11 in. or under...