Word: instants
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Europe, U.S. arms aid should, in the long run, be sufficient to build up adequate European armies. These armies, plus the North Atlantic Treaty's promise of instant U.S. retaliation, should be enough to deter the Russians unless they are bent on all-out war. (Taft's proof: U.S. air power and its atomic bombs have deterred Russia up to now.) Ike Eisenhower has succeeded "by the force of his personality ... in persuading the European nations of the tremendous importance of arming themselves in a joint defense." But the Administration's decision to "build up a great...
...President Frank Stanton, already plagued by costs, technical problems and the public's standoffish attitude toward color, seemed relieved to get off the hook. He promised instant compliance with the Government request, and immediately discontinued regular color telecasts (10½ hours a week) on the ground that the public has too few color sets to make further broadcasts worthwhile...
...were elaborately unruffled. Reynolds deliberately went through the ritual of the pitcher-glaring at the man on second, tucking his chin down as if in thought. Suddenly, there was a swelling roar from the crowd. There on the base path Irvin was digging for the plate. In that paralyzed instant, the startled Reynolds looked up. Irvin was ten steps from home. Reynolds drew back his arm (eight steps) and threw hastily to Yogi Berra (six steps) and Irvin hurtled into his slide. Berra stretched for the high throw, and Irvin was across. With a roar of delight, the crowd leaped...
...story caused an angry and instant uproar. Press, public and politicians of both parties joined in the hue & cry. Belcher resigned from Parliament and has no prospect of a return to public life...
...plane hurtled above the crowd upside down, started to roll over and up. Then with an eerie roar it ripped downward, crushed spectators, smashed six cars, including an ambulance. In an instant, the happy crowd was turned into a panic-stricken, blood-spattered mass of humanity screaming in terror and pain...