Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Frey said last night that the increased published literature of the Persian countries and their nationalistic spirit have spurred this sudden, "push" on Iranian studies...
...early October game against North Carolina State, Namath had rolled out on an option play and dropped suddenly as if poleaxed. No other player had even touched him. Under the strain of a sudden stop, his tensed knee had simply collapsed. First aid consisted of ice packs, and a couple of days later Alabama Surgeon Ernest C. Brock Jr. removed some fluid ("water on the knee") by inserting a hollow needle in the swollen joint...
Miles of Traffic. The sudden removal of Government subsidy will probably not ground the taxi lines, but it will make the industry's takeoff somewhat more difficult. There is no doubt, however, that the helicopter is here to stay. As jets force airports farther from big cities, leaving miles of increasingly congested traffic in between, necessity is likely to keep helicopters flying...
...Westerners, the Hindu mind often seems like that frustrating garden in Through the Looking-Gloss, which Alice couldn't penetrate because even the most promising path "gave a sudden twist and shook itself" and led her right back to the door. As Alice learned, the only way in is to go blithely in the opposite direction. The reader who does the same may get some fun and a certain impalpable sense of enlightenment from Indian Author Raja Rao's charming, puzzling tale. The simple surface of the book is the story of a clerk in an Indian village...
Actually, clear-sighted, 20/20 types with nasty minds can soon learn to spot the contact wearers in any crowd: they are the ones who either stare unwaveringly at the person speaking, lest a sudden swiveled gaze leave vision behind, or hold their heads very high, blinking faster than the speed of light, the better to keep out motes and intruding lashes. Since contacts are cheaper and take less time to grind on the Continent than in England, many Britons have them made to order while vacationing there-and thus are subject to customs duties on the lenses when they come...