Word: shaked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...witness a foregone conclusion? On the other hand, the Phillies' losing trail has been strewn with heartfelt messages of encouragement from as far off as Puerto Rico and Hawaii. "Hang in there and fight," read one. "We have faith that you'll shake this thing yet," read another. Wading last week through a pile of such pep-talk mail. Manager Mauch shook his head in wonder. "I once thought everybody loved a winner," he said. "But I guess they love a loser more...
...Shake, shake...
...they struggle to shake off the financial burdens of the subsonic jet, the airframe makers are haunted by another specter: the projected supersonic jet transport. To build a plane tough enough to withstand Mach 2 speeds would pose such immense problems that Boeing estimates development costs at $800 million. The most optimistic guess of the potential market for Mach 2s is only 450 planes by 1975; one longtime airline operator puts it as low as 50 ("a national prestige item"). There is every indication that the airframe manufacturers do not need two burnings by jet to learn their economic lesson...
...carry the strengthened Army to the fighting front, the Navy will shake the mothballs out of some 20 transport ships and amphibious vessels, increase its sea-lift capacity from 1½% divisions to 2 divisions at a time. To make sure the troopships get safely to their destination, the Navy is strengthening its anti-submarine-warfare forces by adding one aircraft carrier, putting an undisclosed number of sub-killing submarines back in service, ordering to active duty some ASW reserve squadrons, and retaining a dozen destroyers that were scheduled for retirement. In addition, the Navy will keep on duty...
Korean women were advised not to wear jewelry, to "shun housemaids" and do their own housework, and to help "enlighten the public on the need for contraceptives." Korean men got the word to "refrain from exchanging vain tokens," to "avoid haggling over prices," and "to shake off the idea of making 'quick money.' " Both men and women were urged to greet each other each morning with the words "Let's reconstruct!" (foreign residents, including U.S. troops, "will also be encouraged to exchange this greeting"). To keep Koreans on their toes, there will be daily "reconstruction calisthenics...