Word: skyward
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oozed over the oak-rimmed ravines of California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, a disembodied voice roared out of the loudspeakers: "Strike order received! Clear the silo!" Moments later, the 400-ton steel and concrete doors of an underground Atlas silo yawned, and the missile poked its nose skyward. The countdown continued. At last, an intense yellow light bloomed through the fog as the Atlas rose from its pad like an inverted candle. The voice bawled: "Missile away!" The monster doors swung shut as the Atlas sped through the darkness toward its target 5,000 miles away...
Laos: Strange Calm. Across the river, Vientiane seemed under siege. Rockets hissed skyward above the muddy water...
...responsables were doing a remarkable job of keeping the mobs from violent reprisals against the colons. The F.L.N. even found it necessary to issue a reassuring press release pointing out that the Moslem side was really gaining advantages in the terms of what is already called the "sad peace." Skyward Guns. In the deserted summer resort of Evian-les-Bains on the Franco-Swiss border, the last details of the sad peace were being worked...
...Pare, they had only to look out the window for evidence that Salan's S.A.O.* was still desperately trying to sabotage peace. French security forces prowled the town, armed motorboats guarded the water approaches over Lake Geneva, army halftracks along the esplanade pointed the snouts of antiaircraft guns skyward. In Paris, the S.A.O. struck massively by exploding a booby-trapped car on a crowded suburban street. Before signing the closely detailed, 100-page peace treaty, the F.L.N. demanded a guarantee that De Gaulle's government be ready and willing to crush the S.A.O. Failing that, the F.L.N. wanted...
...year, are jammed with wild-swinging enthusiasts. There is the bed boom, as people leave their straw mats for Western-style mattresses. There are skiing booms, boating booms, bowling booms, appliance booms. Cities throb with the pound of pile drivers pushing new office buildings and apartments skyward. Tokyo's streets -most of them no more than lanes-resound with the honking of 700,000 cars, trucks and motorcycles, v. 59,000 before the war; traffic jams are hideous, and the death rate from traffic accidents the highest in the world. So many people pack stores, subways and amusement centers...