Word: strains
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...idea of an oldie is pre-rock 'n' roll, there is still hope. A record called Love Is Blue has become a hit without any of the ingredients that pop musicians have considered necessary for the past few years: the juggernaut beat, the vocalisthenic performance, and the strain of novelty...
Porsche's strategy for the race was to run at the heels of the faster GT40s, hoping that the strain of the 24-hour grind would take its toll. "The important thing," said Baron Huschke von Hanstein, Porsche's team manager, "was to stay with the Fords, not losing contact, and wear them out." The plan worked perfectly. One after another, the little white Porsches took turns dicing with the Fords for the lead; after only four hours, one of the GT40s pulled into the pits with transmission troubles, the other retired eleven hours later with a damaged...
That there is some chafing under the strain of the demand is some indication of the role that the resister sees for himself here. The anti-war activist is anxious to be about his business and can't, for fear of being packed up in the increasingly frequent demonstrations at McGill University. "I came here to get out of that middle-class bag," remarked one, "and look where they've got me now." But Logos, the local underground paper, harbors a number of the hippier American exiles; it is presently staffed by the usual long-haired contingent and a select...
Norman's research has so far been limited to beagles which have been specially bred to produce a strain composed largely of hemophiliac dogs. (The canine disease does not differ significantly from the human form...
...Once this 'bliss consciousness' has been reached and the mind is free to wander in and out of it, there is no reason for any more suffering," the Guru said. True happiness and "harmony with the cosmic law of nature" are attained, and the stress and strain of Western civilization will be relieved, he added...