Word: lull
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next day the Communists won one of their few victories: knocking down three early-model Australian Meteor jets and one U.S. F-80, and losing only two MIGs. Cease-fire and lull were two words that airmen on both sides could not hear and did not heed...
When the truce talks were resumed at Panmunjom in October, the fighting on the battlefront died down, but the lull was only momentary. Since then, small-scale but fierce battles have frequently broken out, and it has been the Reds who have done most of the attacking. Last week the Chinese were at it again...
Meanwhile, liquor dealers here, also, under a new Federal tax, reported yesterday that sales had fallen off slightly. There was a small rush to stock up before the tax went into effect yesterday, and owners attribute the lull to this rush. They expect business to be normal again by the Princeton weekend...
...varsity football team hopped through a long workout and a light scrimmage yesterday afternoon, in the lull before next week's storm of serious preparation for Princeton...
Unfortunately, Curley's move is nothing more than an old trick, used to get free publicity and lull his opponents into political lethargy. Boston's Plan A char--lends a new twist to this ancient gag by forbidding removal of a candidate's name from the ballot. Taking advantage of this, Curley can campaign secretly--promising a job here, some boodle there, and a free hand everywhere in exchange for support--while keeping up the pretense of not running. Then, backed by a powerful coalition, he can suddenly re-enter the contest and catch his opposition off guard...