Word: interrupted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...majority, pot manifests itself through dizzy spells and then painful awakenings; it made all of them thirsty and many nauseous. In addition there is an intense distortion of the sense of time which can be seen by extrordinary gaps in "high" convesations. The time lag does not, however, interrupt the continuity of thought...
...future of his schools, sometimes goes home and sips three bourbons and water to relax-then frets about having taken three drinks. He worries about integrating his schools, so far partly accomplished by bussing Negroes to junior high and high school. He once strode into a TV studio to interrupt an education speech by Governor Grant Sawyer, accused .him of "irresponsible leadership" in bucking most educational problems to the rural-dominated legislature. When an official of the Nevada Taxpayers Association called Newcomer's school budget phony, Newcomer said the man "either can't read...
...only one of many such works that are currently outclassing the programs they interrupt. Alka-Seltzer, for example, has retired its ubiquitous, jolly salesman Speedy, substituted a diverting view of waistlines-a hula dancer's, a frugger's, a weight lifter's, a pants press-er's-and simply says, "no matter what shape your stomach's in, when it gets out of shape, take Alka-Seltzer." The public is getting the message-Alka-Seltzer sales have risen 16% this year-and so are sponsors...
...card duel between the two hot-handed pros generates all the expected tension, and Director Norman Jewison exploits it fully. The grim-to-garish background seems authentic. The jargon sounds right. And McQueen v. Robinson put on a bristling good show whenever they interrupt their marathon long enough for a few words of subtly guarded small talk-about health, luck, woman trouble, anything that might make an opponent's mind wander...
Unprovoked Violence. A special four-judge panel quickly turned Flowers down. "If we were to interrupt the trial of the Wilkins case to review the rulings here under consideration," said the court, "we would establish a precedent that would in the future operate to impede the progress of all criminal trials." Very carefully, the Alabama judges avoided any ruling on the Alabama jury system...