Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jersey suited the underworld's needs perfectly. The Hudson River separated its members from the tough law enforcement of New York racketbusters like Fiorello La Guardia, Thomas Dewey and, more recently, Frank Hogan. Neither police forces nor local government had caught up with the state's sudden population growth. To make matters worse, officials were only too eager to accommodate the free-spending gangsters...
...only can happen, but is happening. A high lottery number in favorable circumstances may be an ill-gotten passport, but it is a passport nonetheless. Perhaps a fourth of the students at Harvard can safely drop out; some already have. All of a sudden dropping out involves not wishing bat acting. And now, because its vocabulary has abruptly assumed the present tense, it is worth more discussion...
...taking all young men, which is the only fair thing to do. We're going to sift them first, and all of a sudden the bottom will drop out," Feeney said...
Brooks Atkinson covered Broadway for 35 years before the New York Times gave him the honorific title critic at large. But George Gelles, music critic of the Boston Herald Traveler for just two months, reached the same status last week. And he is only 27. What accounts for the sudden rise...
...Their sudden interest in keeping AROTC here stems from the recent draft lottery. Since December 1-the day of the lottery-the AROTC office has received over 30 inquiries about joining the program from low-number men who want to become officers...