Word: twitchingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...everyone was asking about was U.S. Marine Corps Lieut. Colonel John H. Glenn Jr., 40, who in the past nine weeks had undergone, without twitch or grimace, an agonizing series of frustrations in his effort to become the first American to orbit the earth; this week he was scheduled to try again...
...been turned. The system is light, and since it is not exposed to high heat or pressure, it is potentially trouble-free. Many missilemen are confident that solid-propellant rockets, already an important U.S. specialty, will be even more valuable when brief blasts of freon are used to twitch their fiery tails...
...Syrian Twitch. It was Syria's President Shukri Kuwatly who had promoted the merger with Egypt, out of fear that his country might otherwise be taken over by a strong Communist clique in the army. While Nasser hailed the new state as "the first step on the path to complete Arab unity," it was soon apparent to Syrians that their wealth was being siphoned off to prop impoverished Egypt. Nasser's land reforms alienated landowners and hurt the economy. Businessmen, after long years of laissez faire, bitterly opposed Nasser's import restrictions, currency controls, a new income...
...hammer lock hold on the country through control of its 15,000-man police force and an army of informers. Strongman Serraj beat and imprisoned thousands of Syrians. So efficient were his spies that garrulous Syrians learned to speak in whispers, developing an ailment known as "Syrian twitch"-a nervous compulsion to glance over their shoulders when talking...
...Kansas had illegally recruited Star Halfback Bert Coan, the Big Eight stripped the proud Jayhawkers of their first conference football title in 30 years. The new champion: Missouri, which was trounced by Coan and Kansas, 23-7. ¶He had little speed and his batting swing was a convulsive twitch, but the New York Yankees' Gil McDougald was smart enough to become in his time the most versatile infielder in the majors. Last week, at 32, McDougald proved again how smart he was by quitting the game after two fading seasons (1960 average: .259) to devote himself...