Word: moment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from gallstones - he telephoned the editors to report that his health was much improved. Politically, he was already in extremis. When the Communist Party Presidium ordered him to resign, he went along like a loyal Communist; the alternative, under Communist discipline, was expulsion from the party. In his final moment of humiliation, Novotny cited ill health as the reason for his resignation...
...head and visibly strained face. Then some 3,000 stalwarts of Poland's Communist Party rose to their feet and sang: "May he live 100 years." All in all, it could have been a national birthday party for Party Boss Wladyslaw Gomulka-but instead it was the tensest moment in his nearly dozen years in power. After eleven days of nationwide student demonstrations, Gomulka, 63, finally spoke out in an effort to restore order to Poland. What he said was sur prisingly mild but, partially for that reason, it failed to mollify the rebellious students. As they began...
...audience realizes it has been under a spell inside Borges' imagination in a suspended moment before the instantaneously enthusiastic, unanimously venerative applause. Even those unfamiliar with his work and reputation experience the Borges magic. One little Cambridge lady, knowing something had happened but unsure what it was, bubbled after the fourth lecture. "Is that the man that was speaking? Is he Swedish or English or what? Oh, he's so wonderful...
Jack Turco, Fritz Reed, and Paul Saba are the leading candidates at the moment, but every day it looks more as though Cobb will be returned to his old spot, leaving a wide open battle for third base...
...moment, there is no formal membership in the Union, but proposals have been made for either a list which members would sign or a token donation to the Union, which would entitle donators to membership cards...