Word: interrupted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best argument against a two-year gubernatorial term will come to life early next year. In January or February Governor Herter, with barely half his term completed, will have to interrupt long-range legislative and administrative plans to commence his quest for re-election. With biennial campaigns the Governor may never plan without a cautious appraisal of the electorate. Beneficial long-run projects which might win immediate disfavor must go to the wastebasket. Only with four-year tenure can the Governor develop for the General Court the coherent and integrated plans that are prerequisite for far-sighted legislation...
...Leach, the students were quick to interrupt Historian Emme and one another with questions and observations, soon had the seminar sounding like a congressional committee hearing. What were the Germans' key mistakes? Why were the British so short on fighter aircraft when war began? What lessons can the U.S., as yet untested in air defense, learn from Britain's ordeal? Primed with facts and background, the students kept verbal exchanges short and to the point, built up enough discussion to keep them arguing and learning long after class...
...wrong with him? The broker asks, but before he can get an answer, Ginger takes French leave.* As the broker goes from one to another of his old soldiers, looking for the fugitive, the decline and fall of Ginger is described in five long flashbacks. For a wonder, the interruptions, usually fatal to the flow of interest, do not really interrupt; the flashback has seldom been used with such propriety and naturalness. The battle scenes are excellent, too, particularly a couple of comic ones...
...automatically cuts off the impulse from the other team. If the answer is right, it earns ten points and gives the winners a chance at a bonus question worth from 15 to 50 points. If a team thinks it can anticipate a tossup question, it is free to interrupt Ludden before he finishes, but if the answer is incorrect, there is a five-point penalty.This can be demoralizing: last week Rutgers incorrectly anticipated the first question and never got going afterward...
...trend is simply an effort by sponsors to make commercials as painless as possible for viewers: "In radio you could use a musical bridge between the entertainment and the message so that the commercials didn't seem so abrupt and jarring. But on TV, if you interrupt audience attention to plunge into a commercial, viewers get resentful." For this reason nearly all TV hosts and masters of ceremonies are supposed to ease the way into the sales message...