Word: switch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could barely tolerate the pain even when he was petting frequent injections of a morphine-type drug. Then, during the last three months of his illness, the tormented man found relief. His doctors tried a brand-new type of electrical treatment, and he discovered that he could switch off the worst of his pain simply by pressing a button on a little box in his shirt pocket...
This week Yovicsin may still be worried, but prospects are considerably brighter at the weak positions. One reason is the long-predicted but only recent switch of sophomore quarterback Ric Zimmerman to cornerback...
John Shevlin's performance at quarterback against Holy Cross eased the pain of having to switch Zimmerman to the defensive squad. Veteran John McCluskey is still Harvard's number one quarterback, but now Yovicsin knows that he has someone to step in if Mac falters or is injured...
...committee acknowledged that "fiscal policies alone cannot prevent problems of local distress and disruption" that accompany shifts in arms spending. Changes in strategic planning, notably the switch from bombers to missiles, have already seriously hurt many industries and localities. Aircraft companies alone abolished nearly 50,000 jobs between 1962 and 1964, largely as a result of declining military demand. In small communities such as Port Clinton, Ohio (pop. 7,000), which stands to lose 2,000 jobs when the Erie Army Depot closes next year, such shifts can be ruinous. The committee therefore urged continued research and government help...
...question there, as well as in any other city that tries to woo motorized commuters away from their cars, is whether anybody wants to make the switch. Thousands of drivers enjoy not being tied to the unyielding timetable and the often inconvenient station locations of the railroad. Said one New York commuter last week, as he waited immobile (and alone, as do 70% of New York's commuting drivers) in traffic: "The train's part of the city. My car's a part of home...