Word: thawing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what it gave with the right. A further clause guarantees freedom "to propagate atheism." Despite the new "soft line," Peking has never abandoned its Marxist hostility to all religion. It believes that, after suitable "atheistic education," the Chinese will "throw off the various kinds of spiritual shackles." The new thaw is essentially an expression of a "united front" policy toward China's primary problem: modernization. The government is determined to attract wide support both at home and abroad for its ambitious new economic and social goals...
...taken place in an atmosphere of increasing cordiality between the two superpowers. Administration analysts believe that an important policy decision was made in the Kremlin last fall to ease the hard line that it had been following ever since the new President Carter began talking of human rights. The thaw was set back by Washington's sudden normalization of ties with Peking, but the Soviets apparently have recovered from that shock and now seem determined to improve relations with the U.S. The payoff expected by the Soviets is Senate ratification of SALT, an easing of restrictions on trade...
...night it included strawberry shortcake--just didn't make it either. Due to a combination of freezing and the wind chill factor from the perpetual spinning, most of the desserts arrived at the table ice cold--consider ordering them with your dinner to give them time to thaw...
...early thaw allowed Harvard and other crews in the northeast to get an early start practicing out of the indoor tanks and in the rivers. So quick times could be the rule in San Diego where the Crimson can expect a rough ride on its trek back to supremacy...
...cholera bacterium Vibrio cholerae were dumped from altitudes of 30,000 ft., where temperatures are below freezing, could it survive the journey to earth? Rondle and his colleagues simulated such air drops in their lab, subjecting V. cholerae to rapid freezing in droplets of water, followed by a quick thaw. Result: the durable bugs not only survived but actually flourished. Indeed the tests indicated that even a relatively small quantity of bacteria from, for example, an aircraft washbasin could be lethal. Says Rondle: "When they reach the ground they can get into milk, soup, or dirty water...