Word: swooping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ended the debilitating war in Algeria and added a new dimension to Western handling of the "Third World"; he blew life into the Common Market, even if he chilled the aspirations of those who saw it as a way to political unity on the Continent. In one fell swoop, he disposed of France's colonies in Black Africa, and in the process salvaged stronger ties and greater loyalties with his former wards than any other ex-colonial power...
...ingenious new type of alarm beacon mounted atop homes and stores. The 1,000-watt beacons, visible five miles in daylight and twelve at night, light up either manually or automatically to signal break-ins or holdups. Within 21 minutes at most, the sheriff's men expect to swoop down on the scene, spot suspects with powerful floodlights, direct approaching earth-bound cops or, if necessary, land to give assistance...
Some of George's clothes consciousness appears to have rubbed off on Lynda (who has also dropped a few pounds). She showed up for a cocktail party in a black, swoop-backed dress with an enormous, eye-arresting bow at the waist. The better to blend with her new California friends, she received from her parents, among other birthday gifts, a huge pair of sporty sunglasses with checkerboard rims. Actually, around George Hamilton, whose thespian career has blossomed like a Texas rose since he began squiring Lynda, the starry-eyed President's daughter blended well enough...
Ayub decided that things had gone far enough. He had already barnstormed the country, pleading for his countrymen to "show the same sense of purpose in achieving peace that you did in achieving victory." Last week, in a predawn swoop in Lahore, his police arrested five of the leading opposition leaders on grounds that "they have been indulging in activities highly prejudicial to the maintenance of public order and peaceful conditions." Just in case other politicians did not get the message that Pakistan is now officially at peace, Ayub seemed prepared to arrest them...
...Nicaraguan government. Comsat has just placed a $35 million order for 24 satellites with Cleveland-based TRW Inc. Martin Marietta last month won the first production contract, for $12,085,430, for the Walleye glide bomb, a missile that is hauled high by a plane, then unleashed to swoop on an enemy with television guidance...