Word: snaps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Everyone feared, and some had warned, that some day, somewhere, such a string of luck would have to snap. The astronauts have always approached their jobs with the workaday fatalism of men who live with death at their elbows. When John Glenn returned from his harrowing trip, he cautioned: "We are going to have failures. There are going to be sacrifices made in the program; we have been lucky so far." Grissom himself said in words that may long be remembered: "If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that...
...half-blind at 83, resigned as head of government and called new national elections for Feb. 21. The politicians of Jamaica's two major parties raced for rostrums. Bustamante's first cousin and archrival, Norman Manley, 73, who leads the People's National Party, denounced the snap election as a "rape of democracy," since candidates would have only three weeks instead of the customary six in which to campaign. The politicking got off to a turbulent start when toughs at a rally of Bustamante's Jamaica Labor Party began tossing rocks and hit the Minister...
...Florida's hyperproductive orange growers see it, 1962 was a blessed year. The season was remarkably free from pests and blight, but a severe two-day cold snap came along as a record harvest was under way. The freeze ruined 35% of the crop -and saved the industry from an oversupply that might have left it in the red. This year, by contrast, the growers face catastrophe...
...device would be "superfluous," since an outside mirror does the job adequately. An impossibility in many very small cars, such as Britain's Mini-Minor, is a requirement to have the front seat set back far enough so that in a collision passengers' heads will not snap down to the dashboard. One solution: shoulder as well as lap belts, to keep passengers in place. Air pollution control is another small-car problem, because exhaust-system devices can reduce the power of a 30-h.p. engine...
...plays later, Reynolds rolled right and tossed a soft pass toward Hornblower. Ray turned and took it at the goal, and stepped in, making it 14-13 Yale. The big crowd knew Coach Henry Lamar would go for the two. This was, after all, Yale. Reynolds took the snap, stepped back, and fired a bullet groundward. It didn't look like much of a pass from the sidelines, but Hornblower was there on his back to take it, and Harvard...