Word: instants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Instant Martyr. Chileans who thought that their country was somehow immune from military takeovers were wrong. Moreover, the coup that ended Allende's experiment in socialism proved to be extraordinarily violent even by Latin American standards. In the flurry of fighting that accompanied the golpe (coup) and in the two days of chaos that followed, several thousand people were killed or injured. The military claimed that Allende had killed himself rather than surrender. Allende's supporters insisted that he had been murdered. In a sense, the manner of his death was irrelevant. Almost overnight, he became an instant...
Elsewhere in the world, there were clear signs that the Chilean President had gained instant martyrdom among radicals, alongside Patrice Lumumba of the Congo (now Zaire) and Che Guevara. In Paris, a crowd of 30,000 marched through the streets shouting, "Down with the murderers and the CIA!" In Rome, there were sympathetic work stoppages and eulogies proclaiming that "Allende is an idea that does not die." Even moderate politicians publicly regretted that another republic had succumbed to rule by junta. The West German government, for instance, expressed its "deep dismay" and its hope that "democratic conditions will soon return...
Toward the end, playing out his days with the Boston Braves as a spindly-legged, potbellied oldtimer of 40, he reached back one May afternoon and recovered for a brief instant the intuitive skills of earlier springs. A Pittsburgh sportswriter had kept him propped against a bar the night before until 5 a.m., but no matter. With three swings, the Babe hit homers 712, 713 and 714, driving the final pitch completely out of Forbes Field...
...Australia, where the movement involves 10,000 youths (four years ago there were none), leaders say they want to avoid the Americans' mistakes. John Holbertton of Melbourne's Jesus Light and Power House thinks that many in the U.S. "didn't realize that there is no instant spiritual fix. Instead, there's a lot of homework to be done...
...through local and regional tournaments wearing a pair of homemade shorts, cussing herself on the court in most unladylike fashion and eating too much ice cream. When she was 16 she finally began private lessons; Alice Marble took her on as a protegee. Two years later, Billie Jean achieved instant recognition at Wimbledon by upsetting the top seed, Margaret Smith (later Mrs. Court...