Word: throbs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...throb of unrest in East Germany can be accurately measured by the flow of refugees to the West. For about a year the number of East Germans seeking sanctuary was a fairly steady 6,500 a month. Last month the number abruptly rose to 8,500. West Berlin authorities expect the figure for April...
...Morrow; $3.95). A bloody envelope, a pink-and-white feather, a sailor's cap, a murdered Negro-what does it all add up to and how does it tie in with the South African firm of Lindel-baum & Co., wine and spirit importers? Thanks to the throb of distant tom-toms (which seem to be saying Mau Mau), the least alert reader can guess that the spirits imported by evil Mr. Lindelbaum are more vodka and voodoo than honest Scotch. South African-born Novelist van der Post (Venture to the Interior) has taken his theme from French Philosopher-Sociologist...
...Hanoi, for 70 years a French colonial city, the people were glad to see the French go. Some of the people were also glad to see the Viet Minh come, and the rest were at least resigned to it. But underneath there was uncertainty and fear, a sudden throb of violence. There would be no more "squeeze" (graft for politicians)-but a shopkeeper was told one morning that he must pay 100% tax upon his inventory. There would be no more banditry-a robber was executed at the scene of his crime, and left to lie there in warning...
...broken, Joe?" The player's leg is numb. "When will it start to throb...
Mitch Miller listens for simple tunes and simple ideas-something insistent and fundamental enough to throb its way into the distraught ear of the 14-22 age group, which buys almost all the records worth counting. If Miller were to summarize his prescription for teen-age appeal, it might very well go like this: "Keep it simple, keep it sexy, keep...