Word: struck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Donald Bourgeois, a Negro lawyer in St. Louis, was suddenly struck by the thought that every residential city block forms a potential human team to press into social action. On this inspiration he built his Block Partnership program, which unites the residents of a black ghetto block with a white civic-action group. These two sides discuss and tackle all kinds of problems, ranging from jobs to plumbing. In three months, Bourgeois' program has proved so effective that he was invited by Mayor Jonsson of Dallas to help set up the same operation there. The key, says Bourgeois...
Lost in the Crowd. Once more Mickey was good, but Gibson was great. He struck out seven of the first 23 men he faced, allowed only three hits and no runs. Then Mickey was given another unexpected gift, this time by St. Louis' Curt Flood, generally accepted as one of the game's best outfielders. In the top of the seventh inning, with two Tigers on base, Detroit's Jim Northrup hit a deep but routine line drive to centerfield. Flood momentarily lost the ball against the white-shirted crowd, found it, then stumbled and watched...
Into the Zendo. The day at Tassajara begins at 4:40 a.m. with the sound of a tinkling hand bell and the han-a length of ash planking that is struck with a wooden mallet. Students must report to the zendo (meditation hall) by 5. As each person enters the zendo, he bows to the platform that holds the Buddha, burning incense, the roshi and Zen priests. After removing his shoes, the student arranges his zafu (black cushion), adopts the lotus position, and meditates for 40 minutes...
...Belaúnde promised to expropriate the fields but backed down after his victory. A year ago, his government began claiming that IPC owed $144 million in back taxes, the total amount of profits that the company earned in Peru during the previous 15 years. Then the two sides struck the August compromise: Peru would take ownership of the fields, but IPC would help operate them under contract. Simultaneously, the government scrubbed its $144 million claim and gave IPC the right to expand its operations elsewhere. That was hardly the sort of get-tough deal favored by the rebellious military...
With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst...