Word: jolt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...visible outside Apollo's left window were the curved earth, one of the large finger-like petals of the docking module and, off in the distance, the winged Soyuz. After a few moments of maneuvering, Stafford nudged Apollo up against Soyuz so gently that there was barely a jolt as the three interlacing fingers on each ship locked together. Later at a briefing in Moscow, one of the Soviet controllers remarked that the Russians had been especially anxious during the last critical moments because, he said, films of Stafford's earlier space piloting and docking showed abrupt movements...
...week up to six months, including the possibility of doing their time on weekends or nights so that work or school opportunities would not be lost. Short "shock treatment" sentences have been used successfully in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky; the claimed benefit is that prisoners get the rectifying jolt of prison without the dehumanization of long exposure to prison life, and there has been a lower than average recidivism rate...
...next several years to prevent oil producers from raising prices whenever they want to. Indeed, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may hike world prices by as much as $2 per bbl. in September-a move that would give the American economy a vicious double jolt if Congress and the President let all U.S. price controls die a month earlier...
...screens. In a melancholy, prophetic book, Tragedy and Philosophy, Princeton Philosopher Walter Kaufmann departed briefly from his discussion of ancient Greek and Elizabethan plays to mention Viet Nam. His explanation of why the U.S. seemed somehow unable to quit the war in 1968 is a therapeutic jolt for those who prefer not to recall the recent past. "If we stop, our guilt is palpable," he wrote, "all this hell for nothing. Hence we must incur more guilt, and more, and always more to cleanse ourselves of guilt. Here is a parallel to Macbeth." But in real as in theatrical tragedy...
Those who were disappointed that 1974 failed to turn up a new grand vizier of rock may find that the guitar synthesizer will jolt pop music back to life. But there are drawbacks. The road model of this sonic Tinkertoy costs $35,000. At first, guitarists are elated by the possibility of playing two quarter-tones with infinite sustain on the same string. Elation turns to concern, however, when they find that they must learn a whole new technique. "You have to play it gently," says Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes. Jazz-Rock Guitarist John McLaughlin estimates that he will...