Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...short, fast strokes. The frenzy of those first few seconds is more than psychological--an oarsman must pull two square feet of wood through ten feet of water and return his oar for another stroke, all in a little more than one second. Several strokes into the race, the speed of rowing settles slightly, and the oarsman must precisely time his movements, keep the three-foot wide keel balanced, and maintain maximum power for some 200 additional strokes...
...power politics would be at work in Geneva. There was also the simple desire to make fatter profits. Since the curtailment of oil from Iran, all OPEC nations have already hiked oil prices. At the very least, the U.S. can expect that the Geneva meeting of OPEC will speed up the 14.5% price increases previously scheduled...
...that Israel gets from the U.S. Last week President Carter approved Weizman's latest arms requests which include 200 M-60 tanks, 800 armored personnel carriers, 200 artillery pieces, 600 Maverick air-to-ground missiles and 600 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The U.S. also agreed to speed up delivery of 75 F-16 fighter planes; they will reach Israel by 1980 instead...
...begun to stress even more limited short-term therapy to cut expenses further. One sign of the times: Freudian Judd Marmor, a former president of the American Psychiatric Association, now recommends treatment limited to 20 or 30 sessions, with analysts abandoning their passive role to confront patients more and speed recovery. Marmor points out that even Freud complained that some psychoanalyses seemed interminable and made the patient emotionally dependent on the analyst. "A Cadillac may be a very fine car to drive," he says, "but it would be uneconomical to say we're dedicated to buying Cadillacs for every person...
...backstage with Home on the Range ("I learned it for Kissinger's sixth visit"). The pianist, who spent most of the Gang of Four reign in jail, is a man of seething intensity. He came onstage with shaking hands, and shot through the Liszt with authority but blinding speed. At rehearsal, Ozawa had tried without success to slow Liu down. Finally, he said, "We shall try to support you." Just barely, the orchestra succeeded. The pianist defended his interpretation. Said he: "Liszt used technique to express himself, so I use it to immortalize...