Word: rashes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oppression of the weak, shirking of responsibility while receiving government pay, misappropriation of public funds, illegal transfer of funds to foreign countries, sabotaging the national economy, hoarding, and speculating on such prime necessities as food and medicines." Indeed, one of Ky's first statements as Premier was a rash threat to shoot all rice and salt profiteers. When the police finally caught two suspects, the evidence proved inconclusive and the men were quietly released. Ky has matured to his heavy responsibilities...
...Crimson was leading 13-12 after five minutes had elapsed when Cornell shifted to its press. Harvard started committing a rash of ball-handling errors and Cornell quickly pulled in front. The Crimson then suffered through a seven-minute stretch without scoring a point, and Cornell moved to a commanding 53-40 half-time lead. Harvard was never in serious contention after that...
Princeton, struggling to maintain its unbeaten record in Ivy play, refused to give up. Led by second-stringers John Haarlow and Joe Heisor, they battled back and cut the margin to 58-56 with 1:44 to play. But Princeton began committing a rash of fouls trying to get the ball away, and the Crimson sank eight straight free throws to preserve the Ivy League upset of the year...
...when the measles virus attacks the brain, as it does in an estimated 4,000 U.S. cases of encephalitis each year. Last week, in the Journal of the A.M.A., a team of U.C.L.A. pediatricians reported finding traces of the virus in the nervous system during the active, red-rash phase of the disease. The discovery casts doubt on the idea that encephalitis is an aftereffect, and it lends a sense of urgency to the preventive campaigns...
...Windshield Factor. Adding to the problem was the fact that catastrophes occurred on top of an unusual rash of mere disasters. A Pennsylvania Railroad train derailment cost Travelers Insurance Co. $500,000. In the worst fire of the year, 53 men died in a missile-silo explosion at Searcy, Ark.; the entire insurance loss, amounting to almost $1,000,000, was borne by Aetna Life & Casualty Co. Most important, injuries and damage from auto accidents-which account for 40% of all casualty business-reached an alltime high. Not only were accidents more numerous, but they cost more; a smashed windshield...