Word: lurch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...armaments are concerned, the protests from West Germans that they were about to be left in the lurch by the U.S. hardly came with good grace...
...what Bonn is concerned about is that the Germans behind the Iron Curtain may be left in the lurch, and to that neither Washington nor TIME has yet given a reassuring answer...
...armaments are concerned, the protests from West Germans that they were about to be left in the lurch by the U.S. hardly came with good grace. Only a few days earlier, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, during a whirlwind tour of West German military installations, had signed agreements that bind the U.S. militarily to West Germany more closely than to almost any other nation. Items...
Coterie to Custom. Every generation is convinced that manners are not what they once were and still should be; complaints about today's young people-who adamantly stick to their seats on buses and trains while sick old ladies lurch about on their feet-make up a good part of almost any dinner conversation. To Amy Vanderbilt, there is no fighting the inevitable and growing relaxation, nor should there be. Manners, says Amy, are largely a matter of custom: "In generations past, a small coterie of so-called society people set our manners. Most of today's fashion...
...warheads, missile-launching equipment, bombers and bombs. When Kennedy first made known this plan, there were some complaints that it was not enough. But Kennedy meant it only to give Khrushchev an opportunity to think things over; more precipitant action by the U.S., Kennedy felt, might cause Khrushchev to lurch wildly into nuclear war. The decision to start with the quarantine also gave the U.S. time to rally support in Latin America and forestall criticism thaf Europeans might have directed at an immediate invasion...