Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...huge oval table. Charles de Gaulle saw the EEC as little more than an expediter of French policies and was determined to keep it thoroughly subservient to the six governments that brought it into being. On two occasions De Gaulle vetoed British membership. During one seven-month period, he ordered his ministers to boycott all meetings of the Six to demonstrate his displeasure over what he considered supranational power plays by the EEC Commission. De Gaulle became a symbol of obstinacy, but he also provided a convenient screen for the other members, who disagreed too about the way in which...
...within one year. The baffling change was explained in 1962 by Rachel Carson, in Silent Spring. Grebes, she wrote, feed mainly on fish. The fish, in turn, eat insect larvae and zooplankton, and these foods had become saturated with the DDD dumped into Clear Lake. Thus, over a long period, the grebes accumulated lethal amounts of the long-lasting pesticide in their tissues and died by the hundreds. Even worse, because of the DDD in their eggs, thousands of grebes never hatched. Between 1958 and 1963 only one young bird was seen at Clear Lake...
Harvard's hockey team survived an atrocious first period. as well as shoddy defensive play, to hold off serappy Northeastern, 6-3, at the Boston Arena last night...
Harvard had been highly favored and was clearly superior to the Huskies in raw talent, but carelessness around its own net, and a frustrating inability to finish off rushes kept the Crimson victory in doubt until midway through the final period...
Hasky captain Dave Poile, perhaps the best stick-handler and shooter in recent Northeastern history, put Harvard behind after 13 minutes of play, and the Huskies' rough. collapsing defensive style preserved the lead until early in the second period...