Word: hiatus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tory backbenchers, spoiling for a fight, wanted to press this advantage, but Sir Alec replied that Wilson deserved a chance to govern-and that a partisan time-out was in the nation's best interests. He used the hiatus to reorganize the Tories into fighting trim, resolved to do away with the traditional Tory way of choosing its leaders by the "customary processes"-that is, by informal agreement of the few ranking leaders. Home's successor will be chosen this week by democratic election in which all 303 Tory M.P.s will have equal votes...
...pointed out that schools segregated for any rea- contribute to "the enor- the educational hiatus now between Negro and white...
Doctors satisfied themselves that Lucy's hiccups were not a symptom of neurosis. Uremic poisoning, hiatus hernia and tumor irritation-all possible sources of chronic hiccups-were dismissed after examination. Next the diagnosticians studied Lucy's phrenic nerves, which control the spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm-in effect, the hiccup mechanism. X rays appeared to indicate irritability of the right phrenic nerve. Stopping that nerve from functioning seemed the only thing that might help...
Victor Scott Keppel, 23, a dropout who spent two years on the Avenue before returning seriously to his studies, recalls his hiatus as a fast-moving kaleidoscope of LSD, drinking, faceless girls, and empty days. "The nonstudent life tastes like peanut butter, stale bread and leftover booze," he says. As for sex, "there were a few beatnik chicks that were wailing, but the volume didn't match the myth." At talk sessions, "everybody was very bored and very boring. There was something there, but I couldn't tell what it was. I took a closer look-and found...
...hiatus in the schedule couldn't come a moment too soon. Although the Crimson should eviscerate Dartmouth tonight, Saturday's horrible 70-58 loss to Brown clearly indicates that the millennium in Harvard basketball is not at hand...