Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have joined London's army of prostitutes. In hip-tight skirts and needle heels, the tyros wiggle from drinking club to strip joint brazenly soliciting customers. But whenever a man shows interest, the girls identify themselves as policewomen and, flashing photographs of a pinched-looking brunette, inquire with sudden crispness: "Have you seen this woman recently...
Died. Otto Eggers, 81, Manhattan architect, onetime associate of John Russell Pope, who with his partner Daniel Higgins, supervised construction of Pope's two most famous designs after his sudden death in 1937: Washington's National Gallery of Art and Jefferson Memorial; of a heart attack; in New Rochelle...
...first of the corporate jets - Lockheed's $1,450,000 JetStar - has experienced such a sudden sales lift that used JetStars now sell for $150,000 more than new ones because of a 15-month waiting period for delivery; after long-suffering patience, National Steel fort night ago received the 29th JetStar sold by Lockheed to corporate customers. North American Aviation, whose $795,000 Sabreliner followed the JetStar into the market, has sold 25 of the twin-jet planes in the past twelve months. The jet that has attracted the most orders-60 so far-will not even start...
...some of the Tunnel's sights. He first called out attention to the large expansion joints that occurred at regular intervals along the steam pipes. These, he explained, allow for horizontal expansion when steam is turned on; without them, the rigid metal pipes would buckle disastrously due to sudden increases in temperature. Because the joints are the most likely sites for leaks to develop, they must be inspected and maintained continuously, and are one of the main concerns of the Tunnel engineering force...
...hard on dynamics for all the works on the program. In "Deutsches Magnificat," by Heinrich Schutz, he established a different mood for each phrase, and built up a gradual, carefully controlled crescendo for the piece's final cadence. Forbes made Hans Hassler's distressful, chromatic motet very convincing with sudden pianissimo phrases; the words were never blurred when the chorus sang softly...