Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scene in the Czechoslovak city of Bratislava seemed an unlikely end to the long weeks of crisis and confrontation in Eastern Europe. As soon as the train arriving from the Soviet Union came to a stop, the leaders of the Kremlin bounced out of their coaches and began effusively embracing the leaders of Czechoslovakia. Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev planted smacking kisses on both the country's President, Ludvik Svoboda, and its First Party Secretary, Alexander Dubček. Then, to the surprise of all, Brezhnev suddenly grabbed the hands of Dubček and Svoboda and raised them...
Rudolf Nureyev may call himself a stateless person since his defection from Russia seven years ago, but that didn't stop Uncle Sam from clamping a claim on him. According to the Internal Revenue Service, the practically peerless dancer owes $30,642.70 in back taxes for 1963. Rudi says he used his New York City bank account to deposit funds from all over the world, not necessarily money earned in the U.S. The taxmen haven't been much impressed, so Rudi is trying a new step. He says IRS overcharged him in social security deductions. And he wants...
...hubris of the man," said one long-time observer of Massachusetts politics, "is positively astounding. The man won't stop and he just doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell...
...firms, or a Chinatown academy supported by, perhaps, Northwest Orient Airlines. He foresees clusters of street academies surrounding each ghetto public high school, gathering up the dropouts and drawing out their full potential. "The people of the ghetto are very susceptible to change," he says. "You can't stop a bad idea on the streets, but you can't stop a good one either. Here, we're at the cutting edge of history...
...Southern states, which still lead in sales. Texas ranks first both in the total (1,880,000) and percentage (58.3%) of air-conditioned homes. The trend has gradually worked north; New York ranks second in the number of airconditioned homes. Furthermore, when . it comes to window units, families seldom stop at one. Most buy an air conditioner for the master bedroom, later decide that the children ought to have one, too, and so should the kitchen. "They're like peanuts," says a Westinghouse executive. "If you have one, you've got to have another...