Word: shivers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...holly and the ivy, or the midnight services, or the sight of spotlight creches, but the Christmas leg end each year still moves men's hearts as no other story can. The Carpenter Joseph, taking his pregnant wife on the hard journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, forced to shiver through the winter cold in the only lodging available -a humble stable. There the Christ Child is born, watched over by lowing oxen and sheep, and worshiped by three kings from the East, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
Visible proof of this is found in seals. They shiver severely after a dive-because they have lost heat in their extremities from lack of circulation. The universality of the phenomenon is demonstrated by the converse in fish: if these normally submerged animals are taken out of the water, they behave very much like land animals that have been put into water. Their hearts slow down, along with the circulation to their extremities...
...optimum chemical rocket fuel. Its light molecular weight, less than half that of standard liquid fuels, gives it 35% more thrust per pound. But LH2 begins to boil above -423 °F., and because it is so cold, engineers usually find it too hot to handle. Most metals shiver to pieces when they come in contact with it, and its extreme volatility makes it flash into explosive gas at the gentlest slosh...
Other admirals may saltily denounce the Pentagon's civilian bosses, but McDonald tries to make friends of them. While others are unnerved by the policies of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, McDonald calls him "probably the best Defense Secretary ever." While admirals shiver their timbers in fear that Whiz Kid Alain Enthoven, 32 (who is conducting McNamara-requested cost-performance studies affecting the Navy's future), is trying to scuttle the fleet, McDonald takes him to the Navy-Notre Dame football game...
This girl is not fat, but perhaps ten pounds away from her ideal weight. Tomorrow she will feel terribly guilty, and skip breakfast and maybe lunch. She is not the least bit unique: almost every Cliffie recognizes the phrase "compulsive cater" with a shiver of aorror and embarrassment...