Word: squall
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Like the distant thunder that precedes a monsoonal line squall, the rumble of Communist guns last week signaled an end to the long lull in Viet Nam's ground war. Moving out in strength from their jungle strongholds for the first time in nine weeks, the Viet Cong struck in half a dozen spots-and only the hard, hot application of U.S. air power saved Saigon's forces from severe defeat...
...Tocqueville, who liked much of what he saw in America, described the House of Representatives as a place of "vulgar demeanor," without a single "man of celebrity." Lord Bryce complained that it made as much noise as "waves in a squall." Dickens scoffed that not even "steady, old chewers" in the House could hit a spittoon. And 19th century Americans generally referred to the House as the "Bear Garden." But the House has improved with age, writes Neil MacNeil, TIME'S chief congressional correspondent, in this entertaining account of its workings and its history...
When the Rules Committee of the Radcliffe Government Association recommends tomorrow that any student past her freshman year be allowed to sign out till any hour, it will run into a squall of opposition from a Briggs Hall contingent. The group contends that most 'Cliffies cannot regulate their social lives without recourse to a set of stringent rules, and concludes that the College should retain its present restrictions. Their stand is short-sighted and does not deserve to be taken seriously by anyone concerned with Radcliffe's future as a leader in women's education...
About 11 p.m., Harvey testified at a hearing, he encountered a sudden tropical squall, which snapped the mainmast before he could reef sail. Mary Harvey and Dr. Duperrault were slightly injured but not badly, as the splintered mast pierced the deck. Harvey was separated from the others by the fallen mast; then fire broke out in the fuel storage tank, spreading to the crumpled sails. Quickly, Harvey released the dinghy and a raft, ordered the others to abandon ship. Then he dived after them and swam to the drifting dinghy. He recovered René, unconscious while floating in an oversized...
Eventually the Electra's passengers and crew were taken to a steak lunch at the airport dining room, where they (and Castro) watched Honored Guest Gagarin arrive in a sudden rain squall for the July 26 celebration. They were then escorted to the terminal hotel, where their room keyholes were stuffed with paper so they could not lock the doors. Armed guards stood in the halls, telephone calls were banned, a Swiss embassy representative was turned away. But no one was harmed, and next day the Americans were permitted to return to Miami in a regularly scheduled Pan American...