Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Long, Dry Summer? Shortages spread, tempers are hot and Congress rejects rationing...
...many as 21 tank were put out of commission because troops failed to follow orders. In less than a month, there were 182 cases of plunder by soldiers and officers. All this, commented the Jerusalem Post, was evidence that a "don't-give-a-damn" sickness "has spread over our lives in Israel during the past decade...
...mujahidin, which in Afghanistan's Dari language means roughly "holy warriors," are armed mainly with shotguns and ancient Enfield rifles, and thus are no match for the Taraki regime's Soviet-equipped 80,000-man army. But the rebellion has spread to 15 of the country's 28 provinces, and while guerrilla activity is most intense in the remote areas bordering on Iran in the west and Pakistan in the east, the regime has been forced to tighten security everywhere. Foreign diplomats in Kabul reckon that more than 12,000 political prisoners have been jailed. Major intersections...
Then, too, much information crucial to the personal and social decisions of citizens is methodically hidden or withheld. The scientific world has always tended to hoard lore on work in progress, and the Government's customary secrecy in military matters, intelligence and foreign affairs has spread to many parts of the bureaucratic and corporate spheres. The clandestine spirit that properly cloaked the devising of atomic weapons inevitably carried over to veil the development of nuclear power for civilian purposes...
There's a marvelous photograph here, incidentally, of Maris returning to the Stadium on Old Timers' Day after a decade of bitterness, still wearing the aircraft-carrier haircut, arms spread wide to the applause. It stands out among the over 100 pictures, including some fine old shots of Ruth and Gehrig, which give this book the quality of a family picture album. The appendix lists the all-time Yankee statistical leaders and provides a game-by-game abstract of DiMaggio's streak and Maris's miracle year. And there's smooth writing throughout, particularly in Anderson's chapter...