Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nonetheless, he remains far from euphoric about the likelihood of a quick breakthrough to negotiations, and he is properly reluctant to give Hanoi a tactical and propaganda advantage by permitting the talks to be held in a disadvantageous setting. The last time that happened, he recalls only too well, was in 1951, when preliminary talks on ending the Korean War were held behind Communist lines in the village of Kae-song. U.S. officials were forced to thread through a hostile crowd and display white flags when they went to the table. The chief American negotiator, Vice Admiral C. Turner...
...phones, operates in the 150-megahertz band. It has an output of 25 watts, which makes it normally serviceable within 30 miles of a mobile operator. No matter how distressing the conversation turns out to be, profanity is not advisable. The FCC prohibits swearing, and mobile operators are quick to interrupt when the language turns blue...
...Enough Dollars. Insurance companies are quick to explain that they are only being sensible in protecting their own businesses. "The right kind of people are still able to get insurance," says Dan Owen of Chicago's General Adjustment Bureau, which represents some 300 insurance firms. "Those who haven't got it are uninsurable anyway for some reason...
...phrases goes. Or, as one NRA member put it, "You can kill someone with a golf club--are you going to ban golf?" It is, of course, true that almost anything can be used as a murder weapon in an angry moment. But few potential weapons are as deadly quick or as accurate from a distance as the gun. Defense is possible against a golf club, but not against a bullet...
Humphrey's largest power base is the South, which has been quick to recognize the surest way to stop Kennedy, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee all plan to line up behind favorite sons to hold their delegations for the Vice-President...