Word: snafus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bound to happen, Expo 67's first week produced a mini-multitude of bizarre snafus and sundry irritations...
However sensational Expo's wonders, or however sad the inevitable snafus to come, its very existence is a symbol of the vigor and enthusiasm of the Canadians who conceived an "impossible" idea and made it come true. The morning following the official ceremonies last week, several thousand people milled about the ticket booths at Place d' Ac-cueil awaiting the public opening at 9:30 a.m. A voice boomed over a loudspeaker: "The time is 9:29." As the seconds ticked away, the crowd began a bilingual countdown-"ten, neuf, eight, sept, six, cinq, four, trois...
...tape and prejudice continue to create some snarls and snafus, but the outlook for people who really want somebody else's children is brighter than ever. Federal welfare officials estimate that 2,000,000 of the 80 million Americans under 18 live with adoptive parents. The number of adoptions has increased more than 50% in the past decade, from 93,000 to 142,000 annually. Reason for the rise is a basic shift in supply and demand: more babies than ever are available for adoption. When it comes to prospective adoptive parents, says Louise Guenther, coordinator of Washington state...
...Snarls. The Post Office now handles some 80 billion pieces of mail annually, as much as all other countries combined. The increase in the past year alone was 6% - twice the anticipated rise. As a result, in late September and early October the Post Office suffered some snarls and snafus - particularly in Chicago, the nation's busiest relay point. Even after that crisis abated, one large direct-mail company reported a ten-day delay in sending third-class mail from Manhattan to Brooklyn...
...pleaded: "Let us not destroy the link language. It is our window to the world." Under the 1963 act, Parliament is to review the language question again in 1975. But at his first formal press conference last week, Premier Shastri confirmed his support for Hindi, and as for bureaucratic snafus, he said simply, "There will have to be some waste of time." With that, Shastri flew off to Bombay to participate in the dedication of India's first factory for the manufacture of plutonium-for which there is no Hindi word...