Word: slant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...civilian population of about 2,700,000-less than two-thirds of what it had been when the war began-roughly 2,000,000 were women. Small wonder that the fear of sexual attack raced through the city like a plague. Nazi propaganda had long painted Soviet troops as slant-eyed Mongols who butchered women and children on sight, raped nuns and burned clergymen to death with flamethrowers. As a result, doctors were besieged by patients seeking information about the quickest way to commit suicide, and poison was in great demand...
...interesting, if currently unsolvable, mystery about the flight was its angle of inclination from the equator. Unlike the 65° slant invariably followed in cosmonaut flights, Cosmos 110 had a 51.9° inclination that did not take it nearly so far north and south. This might have been an attempt to avoid the hazards of an emergency landing in remote snowbound areas. The 51° angle, however, was also close to the angle that Russian moon shots have followed while in earth orbit, lending weight to the premise that Veterok and Ugolyok may be the immediate predecessors of the moon...
...readying herself for the rigors of a long winter's tour-and the chill of discrimination. "Some people don't like girls whose eyes slant and whose skin is different looking," she says resignedly, "but I just wish they would kick me out of their hotels before I've unpacked my bags...
...play in the College All-Star game), Gale did not really get a chance until the third game of the sea son, against the Green Bay Packers. The Bears lost, 23-14, but Sayers scored both of Chicago's touchdowns- one on a 6-yd. slant, the other on a 65-yd pass play...
...literally walked across the goal. He ran 4 yds. straight through Giant Safetyman Jimmy Patton for his second TD, and his third brought satisfying animal growls from the throats of Cleveland fans. With the ball on the New York 17, Quarterback Ryan called a "Bread and Butter 19"-a slant play off tackle. Picking his way daintily through a tiny hole, Brown exploded at full speed into the Giants' secondary. Two defenders hit him-wham! wham!-at the 6-yd. line. Somehow, Jimmy kept his feet. Painfully, in a kind of slow-motion, he dragged them to the three...