Word: killingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tightened upon the national service organizations like the Peace Corps, VISTA, and the Teacher Corps. The National Security Council will probably classify them as essential to the national interest since McNamara and General Hershey both favor the idea and the other Council members are Administration officials not anxious to kill Great Society programs. But even if national service volunteers (mostly college graduates) receive occupational deferments for the duration of their national service, under the new law they can expect to incur maximum liability to the draft when they complete their term--even if they are over the 26-year...
...little camp. After the bombardment, an old man suddenly appeared with eggs and chickens to sell. "I knew why he had come," says Thieu. "I said, 'Don't believe I am stupid, father. You came to check the accuracy of your mortar fire. I could kill you, but I won't!' " Instead he bought the chickens...
...says Allan Katzman, 30, editor of Manhattan's underground hippie newspaper, The East Village Other. To a juvenile who is already disturbed, the easy combination of drugs and sex is hardly good medicine; one 13-year-old runaway who began "dropping acid" nine months ago has tried to kill herself three times since...
...woman of acceptable and average feminine demeanor, I must take issue with those who feel that a woman has no business with a loaded gun. I have lived with guns all my life and, although I do not care to hunt or kill, good marksmanship has its own rewards. A woman untrained in the use of guns, and afraid of them as well, is possibly more lethal to those she tries to protect than any adversary she might face...
Finally, a group decides to kill the host and offer him as a sacrificial victim to the gods. Then, swiftly as it arrived, the mysterious ban is lifted. Joyously the prisoners pour out the door and blink at the unfamiliar sun. Days later, to commemorate their escape, the survivors reassemble to celebrate a solemn Te Deum Mass in gratitude for their rescue. As the ritual ends, they head for the church doors-and find that suddenly they are unable to leave...