Word: smokings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviet invasion is still considered unlikely by Western observers. Nonetheless, the Yugoslavs are preparing for the worst. Tito, fearing a Soviet-inspired attempt on his life, has taken special security precautions. Throughout the country, bomb shelters are being built. As an added touch of realism, Yugoslav airplanes drop smoke bombs on some cities during air-raid drills. Emulating the tactics of the Czechoslovak broadcasters, Yugoslav radio stations are setting up alternative facilities outside the cities so that they can keep the people informed in the event that the urban areas fall to invaders. The 300,000-man Yugoslav army, which...
...became our generation's style for dealing with authority, with our parents particularly. "Yes mother, I promise you I won't smoke any L.S.D...
...worst in the league," but now, instead of simply railing that "Detroit fans are the worst I've ever seen," he is careful to limit his complaint to "some" Detroit fans. Even so, he has been belligerent enough to inspire one of those fans to wire a smoke bomb to the engine of Sharyn's car. The bomb was a dud, but it blew the lid off Denny's volcanic temper once again. Says Denny with solemn intensity: "If I ever catch the man who did that, I'll kill...
When Britain's Prince Charles visited Wales two months ago, a 17-year-old girl standing in the crowd cried "Wales forever!" and tossed a smoke bomb his way. Hauled off to a magistrate, she was fined ?5 and called a "silly girl." Silly or not, there are likely to be more such incidents before Charles' investiture as the Prince of Wales next July. There is a small but violently nationalistic minority in Wales that regards the Prince as a symbol of English oppression. Concerned for his safety, the Queen recently spoke to Prime Minister Wilson, and Scotland...
...when judged by the sedate standards of the resort town of Cape May, on the southern tip of New Jersey, the 3,000 conventioners were an extraordinary crew. The delegates to the Seventh World Congress of the fundamentalist International Council of Christian Churches did not drink, nor did they smoke; they spent most of their time browsing through Scriptures and savoring the special satisfactions of zealous dissent...