Word: thawing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smacks of some great research fun, although I appreciate its serious commentary on problems of excess. Nonetheless, we have needed some freedom from old Victorian strictures. I submit that Morrow might have paid some tribute to the flower children of the late '60s as partially responsible for the thaw...
...Clifford mission is the latest step in a U.S.-sponsored drive for a settlement. First signs of a thaw between the island's heavily armed and mutually suspicious communities occurred four weeks ago, when Archbishop Makarios and Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denkta§ held an unexpectedly cordial meeting, their first in 13 years. With Washington's support, U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim brought the two leaders together for a second time at a dinner meeting held in the U.N.-patrolled no man's land dividing the island...
...northeastern tip of Kentucky. Much of that region lies beneath a blanket of snow that is six inches or more thick. Says Herb Lieb, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "It's like a great, frigid lake, ready to run during a sudden thaw. We could have the makings of some real flood disasters...
...last week, the first worrisome runoffs began flowing into the ice-clogged streams, raising the threat of flooding in some areas. In Washington, federal officials were already working on plans to provide shelter, food and medical care for stricken communities that could be hit by floods if a sudden thaw turned the runoffs into torrents...
...that a thaw is in sight, economists can begin to measure the impact of the unforeseen cold on the economic recovery. The verdict of TIME'S Board of Economists: a sharp, but strictly temporary, setback...