Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...become very nearly a commonplace to say that men have grown bored with moon shots. Somehow, the idea of Richard Nixon landing in Peking, 6,922 miles away from home, seems at the moment to stir more excitement than what is for some the repetitive prospect of three more astronauts slinging 239,000 miles off the planet. The sense of déjá vu is especially unjustified for Apollo 15, because the mission is the most perilous to date, with greater than usual concern for the safety of the explorers (see SCIENCE...
...stir demand, the government cut taxes on many consumer goods by an average of 18%, or an estimated $564 million a year, and removed all consumer credit controls. It also raised tax credits for capital spending to boost productivity and cut the 3.4% jobless rate...
...ordinary. The Chinese lack long-range jets that can make the nonstop flight between Rawalpindi and Peking. Under a bilateral agreement, Pakistan Airlines has been carrying passengers and freight between the two capitals on both regular and unscheduled runs. Thus Kissinger's aircraft would have caused no stir when it left for Peking...
...feminists would not matter, except that it could discredit an important movement that still has a long way to go. Are suburban wives really comparable to the inmates of Nazi concentration camps? So Betty Friedan argued eight years ago, groping for strong words in The Feminine Mystique to stir up the feminist movement after its 43-year relapse following ratification of the 19th amendment. Now, having achieved some success, the movement might be expected to show greater responsibility. Instead, in countless books and "consciousness raising" sessions, hyperbole seems to have become its hallmark. "The majority of women drag along from...
...high number of blue-jeaned invaders. More than 800,000 young Americans are descending on Europe with the same ease and dispatch with which an older generation took on a trip across the state line. In the process, they are turning the travel industry upside down and creating a stir wherever they...