Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gallup poll last week reported that, of those expressing opinions, 23.6% would continue present policy in Viet Nam, 35.4% would increase military action, while 38.4% would stop...
...final approach, Kimes saw a whirlwind at the end of the runway, right in his glide path and carrying enough turbulence to threaten the crippled jet. With a final burst of power he maneuvered around it, got back on course, and landed smoothly. As the plane rolled to a stop, gasoline seeping from cracks under the right wing, the passengers burst into applause, then scrambled out through emergency escape chutes. Twenty-five minutes had elapsed since takeoff...
...have to walk them single file." Ditches and water hazards bisected twelve of the 18 holes-to say nothing of 74 sand traps, 6-in.-deep Bermuda rough, and the big, slick greens. Complained one golfer: "It's like putting down a marble staircase and trying to stop the ball on the fourth step...
...meat thaw longer. In West Germany, smart Hausfrauen no longer complain if a German cleaning woman fails to appear on the job; they get to work themselves and woo her back with flowers. In Tokyo, maids quit at 5:30 p.m. to attend night school, and carpenters, who now stop for two tea breaks a day instead of one, expect a free bottle of piping-hot sake when work ends...
Finally, Villa himself realized that he had lost popular support. He laid down his arms, agreed to stop molesting the government, and retired with a $250,000 government grant. Three years later the end came when an assassin pumped 47 bullets into his body. He was one of the last victims of the idealistic, passionate, violent, intrigue-filled revolution that he had symbolized almost to the point of caricature...