Word: motionful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Compleat Angler, published in 1653, remains as fresh today as it was in Oliver Cromwell's time. Through Walton, millions of readers have learned to put as much lead "as will sink the bait to the bottom and keep it still in motion, and not more," and that "when the wind is south, it blows your bait into a fish's mouth." Through Walton's American disciple, Washington Irving, millions more have been apprised of the fact that "there is certainly something in angling ... that tends to produce a gentleness of spirit, and a pure serenity...
...President Eisenhower said that "the communist capture of South Vietnam would set in motion a crumbling process" throughout Southeast Asian Last week the new American ambassador to Vietnam sadly demonstrated that the official U.S. attitude has not undergone significant changes since that Eisenhower statement. After eight months as ambassador, Graham A. Martin made clear in his first newspaper interview that, despite all the current rhetoric about an "honorable peace," the Nixon administration is still bound by a fierce anti-communism which requires continued support at almost any cost of a corrupt and illegitimate dictatorship. Martin and the White House persist...
...miracle of calibration. In the pit, Conductor Rafael Kubelik uses everything but radar to maintain contact with seven assistant conductors. They are backstage with walkie-talkies to communicate with each other as they herd bands and choruses around the platforms, often walking in the opposite direction from the motion of the turntable. When film sequences start to roll, Kubelik's tempos must not vary by more than four seconds from performance to performance...
...coalition, which backed Walter Sullivan in the recent mayoral election, drew Danehy's fire last month when it overruled his motion to abolish rent controls in Cambridge. Danehy, who had vied for the mayor's post against Sullivan, this week still appeared to be bitter over the election loss...
...major opponent of the project, seeks to reopen the Federal Power Commission licensing procedures for the plant. The organization has argued that new evidence on potential damage to aquatic life in the Hudson resulting from the plant's operation, as well as economic and fuel factors, justify the motion...