Word: standoff
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...contemporary thriller must convince the reader that, beneath a thin shell of authentic background, all hell can and will break loose any minute. But Thayer is so faithful in rendering the Berlin situation of the near past that it is impossible to believe that anything more than another standoff will result from the tense confrontation between U.S. and Russian forces that he creates as climax. It is all a little like reading a cliff-hanging account of the Battle of Jutland. Instructive-but unthrillingly predictable...
Divorced. By Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher, 32: Edwin Jack Fisher, 35; on grounds of abandonment, cruelty and inhuman treatment; after almost five years of legal marriage, no children; in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was, as they say, a Mexican standoff, Eddie being in Puerto Rico while Liz was in Toronto with the leading candidate to stretch her name by six more letters; but Liz did not have to be there in person, and when no one showed up from Eddie's side during the 21-day waiting period, Liz's lawyers won the award "by default...
...first two singles were a standoff. Ralston defeated Australia's John Newcombe, 19, in five sets, and McKinley lost in four to Roy Emerson, 27, rated No. 1 in the world. But then came the doubles, and the U.S. team victimized Neale Fraser, 30, who had been called out of retirement to pair with Emerson. Keeping the ball away from Emerson, the Americans gave Fraser cut shots and lobs. Taunted beyond endurance, he wound up to smash one lob-and missed completely. McKinley and Ralston won handily-and took a 2-1 lead...
...House not voted in that fashion, Rules would have reverted to a membership of twelve. With a six-six standoff between conservatives and liberals, Conservative Chairman Howard Smith of Virginia was often able to keep liberal legislation from a floor vote. President Kennedy claimed that such a commitee would "emasculate" the whole New Frontier program...
When Fordham played powerhouse Pittsburgh to a 0-0 standoff in 1936. Lombardi put on a tremendous one-man show: he helped stop Pitt's deepest drive with a key tackle at the Fordham four, and his crashing blocks punched holes in the massive Pittsburgh line. "We had a play on which I was supposed to trap the Pitt tackle." recalls Lombardi. "It worked fine, so our quarterback kept calling...