Word: taming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bangui's tame press wrote lovingly about "the African authenticity" of the momentous day. Despite the presence of bare-breasted tribeswomen marching and dancing at the parade, the overall effect of the panoply was, well, Napoleonic. That too was deliberate. In setting the date last year, Bokassa decided that his own coronation should emulate that of his hero, which took place in Paris 173 years...
...construction fails to tame the zone, there will be at least one consolation: once the magnificent new courthouse is built, the zone's denizens will be condemned to plying their trades literally in the shadow of justice...
Malibu Grand Prix is the name of the game, and it is not tame-though it may be less hazardous than roller-coaster riding. No mini-Mario has been killed or seriously injured in the 6 million Malibu laps to date (though one nervous driver sprained a finger on the steering wheel, and several speeders have crashed through a fence). After buying tickets ($1.25 a lap) and getting instructions on safety regulations and the operation of the car, drivers buckle into Bell helmets and safety belts to await the red, amber and green signal light at the starting line. There...
...schizophrenia" accompanied by "paranoid delusions of reforming society." This is a mysterious ailment, usually requiring sudden incarceration, that often strikes political dissenters in the U.S.S.R. Since the late '50s, when Khrushchev announced that "there are no political prisoners, only persons of unsound mind," the Soviets have relied on tame psychiatrists to label troublemakers insane...
Errorless defensive play and timely hitting prevailed in the second game once more. On the hill sophomore Timmy Clifford reeled off ten strikeouts to tame the Tigers, 7-3, while at the plate the steady heroes were emerging--Singleton, Santos-Buch, Stenhouse, Bingham, St. John. Omaha didn't seem continents away anymore...