Word: virus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...discotheque, where a dance is old while it's still new, only the sharpies and the "disco bums" are ever in the know. They know, as Philadelphia Disk Jockey Hy Lit knows, that "the Philly Dog was invented by the kids and is spreading through Philadelphia like a virus." And as everyone should now be aware, whenever Philadelphia rocks, the rest of the U.S. rolls...
...administration has worn a crisis air ever since. Last week, his tenth in city hall, was no exception. Starting with a virus infection that kept the mayor in bed for two days, it ended with a new rash of charges that Lindsay is ruthless, power-hungry and inept to boot...
...work because he was in bed with the flu, chances were that she was telling the truth. Across the U.S., the flu season was reaching a peak. In the New York metropolitan area, most of the illness seemed to be of a mild variety caused by still unidentified viruses; New Eng land, Georgia and Florida had spotty outbreaks caused by Type B influenza virus. California, hardest hit, was in the throes of an epidemic of Asian Type-A flu. And Californians were spreading the virus in their Nevada playgrounds, Lake Tahoe, Reno and Las Vegas...
Though he had a virus ailment, a touch of pneumonia and a 100.2° temperature, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield left his bed at Bethesda Naval Hospital, bundled up against a chill wind, and was chauffeured to the Capitol. Mansfield had made sure in advance that other Administration stalwarts would also be on hand. As for the G.O.P., Minority Leader Everett Dirksen warned potential no-shows: "By God, you're going to be here." To a man, they were. Thus, after a Dirksen-led filibuster had tied up the Senate for a total of 13 days in an attempt...
...Berlin, this one winds along a serpentine of intrigue that defies both credibility and comprehension. It involves an anonymous secret agent, a fetching and murderous Finnish girl, a linear computer that can call people on the telephone, and a clutch of hen's eggs inoculated with a deadly virus...