Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chemistry of the brain. While science may never develop a foolproof psychiatric Geiger counter or a cerebral "Pap smear" for spotting every psychotic in advance, there is no doubt that far more can be done within the resources of the Great Society to pare the danger of sudden, irrational murder...
Ironsi tried his best to cool regional passions, declaring an end to the old federated government, tightening the powers of the central administration. All the while, he was gaining enemies and losing friends. The Moslem North resented its sudden loss of power - not to mention the assassination of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the Sardauna of Sokoto, the two most powerful Northern leaders. In the South, the young Ibo officers who had led the military coup accused Ironsi of appeasement when he refused to allow drastic retaliation after an abortive Northern uprising in June...
Tourists should have no problem knowing when their insult has struck home. They will "immediately notice the sudden contortion of the victim's features, the suffusion of blood to his head, the clasping and unclasping of his hands, the spasmodic twitchings of his whole frame and a number of other outward manifestations of inward disquiet. And surely this will be a sufficient reward...
Ominous though it was, Gemini's sudden fuel shortage provided Agena with an added opportunity to demonstrate that one spacecraft can use another's propulsion and control systems. On orders from Houston, the astronauts shut down Gemini's thrusters; for the remainder of the coupled flight, they used only Agena's power for both attitude and major orbital maneuvers, drawing on Agena's 3,348 lbs. of remaining propellant. One brief burst from Agena's big, 16,000-lb.-thrust engine added 280 m.p.h. to Gemini-Agena's velocity. "When that baby lights...
Even the wives of pro-football fans had no trouble divining the reason behind last month's sudden merger of the rival National and American football leagues. In a word, money-the staggering bonuses (up to $600,000 last year) paid to college stars by the hotly competing pro leagues. It was bound to be merely a matter of time until veteran players (and their lawyers) decided to grab for a leaf of the lettuce...