Word: moment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black noses against ropes holding back the crewmen's families. The men disembarked, Bucher in the lead. "It's so great. You'll never know how great it is," he called out as he limped toward his wife. Then he embraced her for a long moment, tears running down his cheeks. When Hodges' coffin was removed from the lead plane, the happy families abruptly fell silent while a band played the Navy Hymn...
...often reluctantly, the crewmen spoke of their captivity. There was even one light moment. Seaman Edward Russell said one North Korean guard asked him, "Do you have a car?" "Yes," Russell replied. "You lie!" the guard blurted. "President Johnson has all the cars...
Perhaps the Socialists, who only six years ago commanded 15% of all French votes, will rise again. The practical effect of the opposition's collapse, however, is the demise of any remaining parliamentary democracy in France, at least for the moment. That development alarms France's Centrist Party, whose leaders feel that the opposition's impotency reflects a deeper ill. As they see it, French society is losing its cohesion and direction. The Centrist publication Facts and Causes, for example, writes that "in reality, the malaise is twofold." Its reasoning: "The failure of the government has caused...
...more mundane level, France's political malaise has had direct economic consequences. At the moment, France is seized by a giant buying spree. Fearing an eventual devaluation of the franc, Frenchmen are sinking their savings into goods. Two months ago, there were 10,000 color-television sets in all of France; now there are 70,000. Washing machines, record players and other appliances are being snapped up at a similar pace. Peugeot is receiving 500 orders a day for its most expensive ($3,000) model, the new 504, even though it can produce only...
...quitter, Clark. You haven't got the guts to get back onto this team." The shock therapy worked. Suddenly, Graebner's game improved. After he had trounced two of his teammates in practice rounds, Dell changed his mind and named him at the last moment to represent the U.S. in the opening match...