Word: stay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...started a rumor of their own: shops that refused to open might never open again. Then military patrols began to paint triangular symbols on closed shop fronts. They painted only a few before the Arabs saw the writing on the wall. Shutters flew up all over town-and have stayed up. No longer does anyone doubt that the Israelis are there to stay...
suspended; They stood, and earth's foundations stay; What God abandoned, these...
...They soon were. When the British government seemed on the point of withdrawing from the Anglo-French supersonic-transport program, Aviation Week warned that such a decision could reduce Britain to a "second-rate techno logical power." Many M.P.s praised the article, and it helped persuade the British to stay with the program...
When a man is physically overworked to the limits of endurance, says Mayer, he loses appetite, eats less and loses weight. Reason: the hunger center cannot keep up with the body's energy output. Conversely, if a man sits at a desk all day, he may stay hungry. One possible reason: messages to the satiety center do not get through. This phenomenon has long been exploited by farmers who keep animals cooped up to fatten them...
...astute Georgia politician put it, "As long as Lester can use his mind and his position to help folk with their minor individual concerns, then he is happy and everything will stay calm. But if ever he is forced to act as governor in a more complex situation which he cannot totally understand or control, then he may completely blow. If there were a riot in Atlanta, this could happen...