Word: prolonged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviets. The Kremlin, in turn, could not afford to appear intractable. At week's end the Peking press suggested that perhaps a few of the Sino-Soviet differences could be settled soon, while others could be deferred till later. This simply meant that the Chinese were ready to prolong the quarrel indefinitely. "If the differences cannot be resolved this year," said Peking blandly, "they can wait until next year." The Russians were less patient. They shot back an answering communiqué warning Peking that "the immediate future" will decide whether the split will widen. Then Moscow gave...
...principle that an attack on one is an attack on all; and when the I.T.U. called strikes at four New York dailies last December, five others voluntarily stopped their presses. Now, said Bradford, Dolly's action "is bound to stiffen the union's position and may well prolong the strike. It is going to be more difficult for us to persuade the unions to arrive at a settlement that will permit all the newspapers to continue...
...which has been bred from selected strains of weak virus. The question has been raised as to the possibility that the weakened virus might mutate back to its wild, virulent state, regaining its deadly ability to attack the human nervous system. It is this question that forced Sabin to prolong his field tests, but today it seems clear that his strains are genetically stable and therefore safe, as now proven in over 140 million vaccinated persons...
Banned by the state constitution from seeking reelection, blamed by many Democrats for wrecking the party to the point that Republican Henry Bellmon was elected Governor, Edmondson thus had considerable cause to talk about retiring from politics. But Kerr's death enabled him to prolong his political career for at least two more years, when he must go to the voters. Among those already announced against him: Kerr's son, Robert Jr., 36, an Oklahoma City attorney...
Skybolt was. indeed, dead. Last week the Pentagon formally canceled production contracts for the 1,000-mile missile, which Great Britain had planned to adapt to its Vulcan II bombers, and the U.S. Air Force had counted on to prolong the life of its B-52s. Said Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric: "The test did not conclusively demonstrate the capacity of the missile to achieve the target accuracy for which the Skybolt system was designed...