Word: sound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Finally, each of the Apollo 8 men has an intense sense of mission and purpose, and has demonstrated courageous stubbornness. When the engine of an F-104 that Borman was piloting blew up in flight, instead of bailing out, Borman, flying at twice the speed of sound, stayed in the plane, got the explosive engine started again, and coaxed enough thrust to make a safe landing...
...France's workers the vision of a new economic order. In it they would share in both the management and profits of their plants. That scheme, which De Gaulle calls participation, remains nothing more than a promise, partly because neither workers nor their patrons think it a very sound idea. Meanwhile, the workers have seen the raises they won as a result of last spring's strikes largely consumed by inflation...
...looking beautiful in a fur-hooded ensemble, waving and blowing kisses to scores of worshipful fans while a 55-piece band blasted out greetings. Ginger was en route to London for a year's run in Mame. When someone mentioned her $600,000 contract to play Auntie, she sounded as if she already had the part down pat. "My attitude is somewhat callous to the sound of large amounts...
Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet...
Youthful Upheaval. In a sense, all rock is revolutionary. By its very beat and sound, it has always implicitly rejected restraints and celebrated freedom and sexuality. Moreover, both social and political overtones were brought into its lyrics through Bob Dylan's influence in the early '60s, as in The Times They Are A-Changin...