Word: rigidities
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...good example arose in the Northeastern show. The Band wanted to say that the addition of girls to the all-male band would bring new life to the Band. On the field, a limp, lifeless male sex symbol would march into a normal, rigid position...
...Require: 1) fingerprinted cards that would be verified at checkin; 2) complete inspection of freight, baggage and aircraft, search of all passengers at checkin, and rigid quarantine of all cleared passengers until takeoff; 3) airlines to be deprived of all interline privileges in order to prevent hijackers from joining a cleared flight by connection. Passengers who wish may fly "risk airline" and take their chances...
...moment, at least, the Soviets did next to nothing. While they did hint at concessions on less essential points, they stuck to their rigid old position that West Berlin must be regarded as a completely independent entity with no political ties to West Germany, whose $732 million in annual subsidies keep the city alive. The Soviets also insisted, among other things, that the U.S. must close down its radio station in West Berlin, and that the Western Allies must cease all intelligence-gathering operations there. Eventually, the Soviets want the Allies to withdraw from West Berlin, which would then become...
Still, Knowles is qualified by even the most rigid criteria. And if the Corporation is looking for a Kingman Brewster who has proven he can survive in less serene settings than New Haven, Knowles' honesty both about his opinions and his own ambitions cannot be overlooked. To his name, add "dark horse...
...borders are closed and rigid curfews enforced by the threat that any violators will be shot on sight, reporters lose a fundamental of good reporting-mobility. And in the case of the Jordanian fighting, telephone and telex circuits were cut within minutes of the first shot, leaving reporters dependent upon a single Morse code connection to Beirut. Soon they did not even have that. A power failure cut off electricity to all of Amman, ending the link...