Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...civilian stood unprotected on the ground below the point of explosion. They felt a hot blast, a rush of air and heard a thunderous roar, but their Geiger counters proved what the Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission hopefully expected: the amount of radioactive fallout was too slight to endanger a city's population if a Genie exploded overhead...
...expenses for all M.P.s*), one diehard Liberal gruffed sternly that it would be better "if in future the government does not pursue policies which lead to a devaluation of money." Ignoring this jarring note, Macmillan remarked that he hoped Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell would live "to enjoy this slight addition to his salary for very many years to come." Just as chummily, Gaitskell, who hopes to trade places with Macmillan some day, replied: "I cannot forbear from reminding the Prime Minister of his great interest in the salary of the Leader of the Opposition...
...affection developed between the nurse and the baby gorilla. They would romp together uproariously. Knorke would race around the room, dive under Rosemarie's bed, scramble out the other side and leap into her arms. She found he was terribly ticklish over nearly all his body; even a slight tickling drove him into paroxysms of gorilla laughter, a rapid, staccato inhaling...
...Birdwhistell, 38, ornithologically named, is actually an anthropologist, and he has the scientific conviction that there is more in TV than meets the eye. Each move, grimace or gesture, however slight or unconscious, spells a meaning to Birdwhistell (pronounced bird whistle)-a meaning that does not always fit what the performer may be saying out loud. The University of Buffalo's Birdwhistell calls his specialty "kinesics," the study of body motions as a form of communication...
...little to indicate that New York City's permanent population of Protestants (7.5% of 8,000,000) is being significantly affected. In a representative sample of 37 of the city's 1;7OO Protestant churches, three churches report a total of eight new members, two report a slight increase in attendance...