Word: veer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most Common Market decisions are the product of purposeful near collision: a game of diplomatic chicken in which the antagonists wait until the last possible moment to veer off into compromise. Not surprisingly, Europe resounded last week with cries of crisis as the foreign ministers of the Six pre pared to meet in Brussels this week to deal with Britain's second application for Common Market membership...
...Which last week called in 1,143,000 standard-sized 1965 Chevrolets-second largest safety recall ever-for possible replacement of a steering-assembly component that, if worn, can cause a sharp veer when braking, has resulted in four accidents (no injuries...
...mark in any race, and the most embarrassing moment of all for the Aussies occurred in the third race when, midway through the opening, windward leg, a 12-ft. Beetle Cat boat piloted by two youths capsized directly in the path of the onrushing Intrepid. Mosbacher had to veer off sharply; in the process, Intrepid caught a blast of air from a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that wrapped her mainsail around the backstay, cost her more than 30 sec. of racing time. She still beat Dame Pattie to the first mark...
...indeed bring Peking's aid, from Chinese tanks and MIGs to rifles. But Bhutto's approach also helped bring an end to U.S. economic assistance a year ago, and eventually the pinch began to hurt. In the best tradition of middle-of-theroadmanship, Ayub began to veer back toward the West, beginning with a visit to Washington last December. Bhutto did not approve, and more and more Ayub turned elsewhere for counsel. In announcing Bhutto's departure, Ayub, who will take over the Foreign Ministry portfolio himself, insisted that it would lead to no change in Pakistan...
Giap was an accomplished lecturer in French history who "could step to a blackboard and draw in the most minute detail every battle plan of Napoleon," one of his former students recalls. A passionate ascetic who could veer abruptly from violent emotion to icy control, he was early dubbed "The volcano and the snow" by his associates. "We were all intrigued," says one, "by his passion for Napoleon and the French Revolution. And we used to tease him when he railed against the French, by asking 'Are you sure you don't want to be Napoleon?' " Giap...