Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minh returns to Saigon, and the present period begins...
Sometimes they bear the scars of fiery eruptions, more often the erosion lines etched by adaptation and compromise. Next January, one of them will have the opportunity to begin his greatest period of growth...
...intellectual elite. A factory hand summed up the prevailing bitter mood of those Czechoslovaks who remain: "We will work even less than before; we will be the greatest country of nonworkers." All too evidently, the country was slipping back from its luminous "spring" (as the Czechoslovaks call their brief period of reform) toward the lusterless mediocrity of a Soviet satellite...
...weeks have progressed. The dissenters protesting the invasion include the most important European Communist parties; they continue not only to criticize the Soviet Union but also to stake out in dependent positions. The situation is without precedent in Communist history, and contrasts sharply with the post-Hungary period when the parties loyally supported Moscow, even though many members quit. Unless the Soviets can somehow reverse the trend, Czechoslovakia may mark a major and historic acceleration in Moscow's inability to control Communism. "In the past, individuals were driven by their conscience to question Soviet actions," says British Sovietologist Victor...
...would carry compulsory coverage under which he (and his passengers) would be reimbursed immediately by his own insurance company-not the other drivers'-for all hospital and medical expenses, damage to property other than automobiles and lost wages of up to $750 a month for an unlimited period...