Word: similarly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Melbourne. The carrier was scheduled to begin air operations at 3:30 a.m., and ordered Evans to change her position to 1,000 yards astern. In this station, the destroyer could rescue any fliers who hit the water. Although such close-in maneuvering is necessarily hazardous, Evans had made similar position changes earlier in the exercises without mishap. This time, inexplicably, the destroyer cruised right into the path of the massive carrier. The heavy steel prow of Melbourne shredded through the port side of Evans like a pair of tin shears...
...facts are summed up in a new study prepared for the nation's top five orchestras-New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago-by the management-consultant firm of McKinsey & Co. Because rocketing costs -most notably, sharply increased salary scales-have not been met by a similar gain in income, the orchestras' combined annual operating deficit rose from $2.9 million in 1964 to $5.7 million in 1968. The loss will soar to $8,000,000 by the 1971-72 season unless drastic steps are taken...
...sirloin steak), the second's for $1 and all others' for half price. Dinner, dancing and "all the drinks you can drink" for $9.95 is the bill of fare at the Riverboat in the Empire State Building; the Downbeat on Lexington Avenue offers a similar package for $1 less, with jazz instead of dancing...
...often turn an open palm toward those who happen to pose a verbal threat, although the gesture may be quite inconspicuous and unconscious. Women, for example, tend to make a rapid hand-to-neck movement when they are agitated, disguising it as a hair-grooming gesture. Men also exhibit similar signs of stress. Embarrassed by such a driving miscue as accidentally cutting off another motorist, they will frequently make a seemingly irrelevant sweep of their hair. Actually, the gesture represents a very real surge of inner tension or conflict. "If you find yourself doing this," Brannigan and Humphries explain, "examine...
Afro-supported proposals for increasing student power in the Afro-American Studies department came before the Faculty in the last few minutes of it meeting, but confusion about several similar resolutions forced the Faculty to postpone the Afro decision. Before it adjourned, the Faculty voted to support the idea of increasing the students' role in the department. Afro members responded angrily to the postponement and said they would hold "office hours" in University Hall to discuss their demands...