Word: prone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seemed like a rerun of 1964. Once again, Detroit's two strike-prone newspapers were closed down. As before, contract negotiations had been proceeding fairly smoothly when one union got too greedy and stopped talking. Once again, interim papers quickly sprang up. The question was: Would the strike that began on Nov. 16 last as long as the previous one: 134 days...
...About two-thirds get married-taking on the added burdens of providing for a family. And though Catholics no longer automatically conclude that a priest who has left the church did so because of "Punch or Judy" trouble-drink or women-many are still suspicious. Parents are especially prone to disappointment. One Chicago ex-priest received a letter from his father that read: "You are doing your best to destroy a very happy home. Your mother and I have not slept since you left...
...fact, the carnage was only the first step in a plan to make St. James more beautiful than ever. Most of the trees cut down were soft maples-shortlived, brittle and prone to wind and ice damage. Many of them were already diseased and dying. Using $500,000 from the James Foundation, which was established in 1938 by the will of Lucy Wortham James, great-granddaughter of pioneering Missouri Ironmaker Thomas James, the town decided to tear out the old trees and begin replacing them with hardier fast-growing holly, sweet gum and flowering crab...
...been moved from the frigid desert plateau that surrounds Amman (where the temperature at night dips as low as 15°F) to the Jordan River Valley, which is 1,000 ft. below sea level and 30° warmer than the plateau. The valley itself is a treacherous campsite, prone to flash floods and violent sand storms; at one camp last month, a sandstorm shredded more than 600 tents to ribbons, leaving 3,000 refugees without shelter. Many of the tents, moreover, are Sears Roebuck's "Ted Williams" models, donated by the U.S. but designed for weekend summer camping...
...leaflet, which included a picture of an American flag and a short statement about "Freedom is not free," seemed to strike a responsive and ever guilty chord in many Italians. CNCV canvassers found that on Saturday, when the Vet literature began to circulate, the Italians became less prone to long discussions about whether an anti-war vote would encourage the Communists, and more given to dogmatic statements that every American must support his President...