Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...toward peace with Russia, said Rusk, but "the main ingredient is our own solidarity." For one thing, the West itself was not yet united on the terms for a settlement in Europe. For another, NATO's defense machinery must be kept oiled and ready, both to meet any sudden stiffening within the Communist bloc and to impress upon the Soviets that the West, although eager to pursue rapprochement, can be invited, but not shoved to the conference table...
...exposed to a significant increase in cosmic radiation. But he soon may be put to the test. Current data, Heezen feels, points to a gradual weakening of the magnetic field, a possible prelude to a reversal in a few hundred to a few thousand years. This would mean a sudden increase in cosmic bombardment of the earth's surface. "I don't want to be an alarmist," he says, "but we may be next...
...only other incident during the first term that gave the Geistgauge more than a tremor was the sudden agreement of three classmates (on December 2) that '66 was a more esthetically pleasing number than '65 or '67. This was a cause of great rejoicing on their part, as two had turned down advance placement and the third had only decided against a year out at the last moment...
...police told a different story-of a wild 40-block chase at 80 m.p.h. and an apparently drunken driver who stepped on the gas just as the investigating officer reached in the window. Taking the stand in his own behalf, Bova, 23, said that the car "gave a sudden lurch forward. My feet were knocked out from under me. I recall making a grab to get my balance. At this time, my revolver was unintentionally fired...
...Reserve Officers Training Corps has never been a favorite extra-curricular activity at Harvard. Something less than five per cent of all undergraduates now enroll in Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force ROTC combined. But this year, with the sudden increase in draft-awareness born of the war in Vietnam, a boom seems to be beginning in ROTC enrollments...