Word: shortness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enjoy official status along with Arabic. "This is no temporary armistice," said Bakr. "This is a complete political and constitutional settlement of all existing problems, and it will prevail forever." In Iraq, forever may not mean all it appears to. A 1966 truce between the government and Kurds proved short-lived when Baghdad reneged on its promises...
Still Vulnerable. Suspicion immediately centered on several Greek extremist organizations that stubbornly refuse to accept any political solution for the divided island short of enosis (union with Greece). Makarios has firmly expressed his belief in independence for both the Greek Cypriot majority of 490,000 and the Turkish Cypriot minority of 110,000. Moreover, the military regime in Athens has formally abandoned the idea of enosis. Despite such opposition, extremists in recent months embarked on a new campaign of terrorism...
...first Five Year Plan was introduced in 1928. Agricultural production actually fell 3% last year, and 1969 grain production dropped 10%. Anticipating severe shortages, the Soviets were forced to buy $150 million in wheat from Canada. Such vital industries as ferrous metals, petrochemicals, paper, cement and autos fell far short of their goals...
...intends all fall coats to be mid-calf length. Jacques Tiffeau says that "you can't say to women, 'You've got to drop your hemline 20 inches.' " Still, he is doing just that for some coats and skirts, although he is keeping his dresses short and snappy. Bill Blass is turning out a half-hearted 50%-midi collection; Oscar de La Renta promises to go to "all lengths for spring and summer," but is flinging caution-and leftover minis-aside for a fall collection destined to be 100% pure midi. That will leave...
...smaller appliance, thereby bending the oven out of shape. They removed it and more carefully installed another that turned out to have a defective thermostat. A repairman pulled out the thermostat and broke it. He summoned a colleague, who arrived with a new thermostat that was 15 inches too short. The two procured yet another thermostat, spent an afternoon trying to install it, and after much hammering and knocking reduced the oven to what Mrs. Hutchinson calls "a basket case?literally. They carried it out in 14 pieces in a basket...