Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ridge," he says. Sure enough, two figures can be seen burrowing under a fence, then twisting through the barbed wire. By the time they clear the barrier, Thomas and his men are waiting for them-with bread, beer cans of hot tea and, after questioning, swift and sure repatriation to China...
...Aleppo massacre, and the swift retribution against the Muslim Brotherhood that followed, were chilling reminders of the deep political and religious tensions that continue to plague Syria and now seem to threaten President Hafez Assad himself. By skillful manipulation of Syria's diverse religious, tribal and regional elements, he has given his country almost ten years of internal stability...
...noting the cloud peaks tilting to the southeast, indicating that jet-stream winds are active. "That's good," Moore notes, "real good." Two essential ingredients for a tornadic storm seem to be present, and just as surely moving inexorably toward a showdown. If the cold, swift-moving jet-stream wind persists and clashes with the warm, moist lower air from the south, the atmosphere will be forced to readjust dramatically, creating the vortex of vertical air currents that cause tornadoes...
...expected, Spark's pace is swift and the dialogue crisp. Once again, she demonstrates her skill at underscoring-or undercutting-her characters with a single stroke. Robert's lover, for example, is "a man of sixty-two, with settled, sophisticated tastes and few doubts." Grace Gregory, the self-appointed private eye, is a no-nonsense Henrietta Stackpole type: "I'm a definite friend to Anthea and injury or no injury, I'm going to add insult to it." Back home in Birmingham, Wife Anthea, a study in gray, feeds her goldfish and solaces herself with boring...
Despite a heavy cloud cover and intermittent rain, conditions were almost ideal for racing. The flat water, the well-buoyed course, and the swift current combrined to produce fast times throughout...