Word: modernness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ultimately, there is no sure solution for the simple reason that, like almost everything else in the modern technological world, a passenger-filled jet flying at 30,000 ft. is highly vulnerable...
That time is now past, and there is no doubt that its passing will adversely affect Communist morale. Ho was an impressive figure?the only truly national leader that Viet Nam has produced in modern times?and he will be missed.' In Hanoi, faces were somber and black bands of mourning appeared on thousands of sleeves. A crowd formed before Ba Dinh Congress Hall, where his body lies in state. The clandestine Viet Cong Radio, echoing Hanoi broadcasts, reported that the new wave of attacks in the South last week had been launched "to change sorrow into a revolutionary...
...honor guard in scarlet tunics and pillbox hats lined the drive leading to the modern statehouse in Accra last week as vintage Rolls-Royces purred up to the door. Inside, trumpets pealed while a stately procession of officers in scarlet or blue uniforms and bewigged justices in red robes followed the gold sword of state. Mounting a dais, Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa, 33, and two other officers were sworn in as members of a new, three-man presidential commission. Then Afrifa administered the oath of office to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the new Premier, impetuously raising Busia...
...persists and gradually intensifies, it is probably an indication that the baby has Tay-Sachs disease. This is a rare genetic defect that leaves children completely paralyzed, deaf and blind by the time they are two, and is usually fatal by the age of four. Modern medicine knows no cure for Tay-Sachs (named for the physicians who first described the condition), but two scientists at the University of California's San Diego School of Medicine have now provided a means for detecting and avoiding...
...book, Author Jacques Baroche, a poet turned investigator, confirms the legend of French wanderlust; 90% of the French husbands who talked to him admitted being unfaithful. But he finds that another Gallic institution has become oldfashioned: the pace of modern life has caused many a Frenchman to discard his pampered mistress in favor of the quickie...