Word: surprisingness
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Last month an ersatz congressional election was held in which the pro-government party, ARENA, won 70% of the 310 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. ARENA'S victory against tame, regime-approved opposition candidates was not surprising, but neither was it convincing. A terrorist plea for the casting...
AMERICA'S long embryonic supersonic transport plane, which has had no fewer than four Presidents willing to claim fatherhood, turned out last week to be only an idea whose time has not yet come. The development may be merely a forced rest; for the time being, however, the giant...
At the twice-a-day encounter-group sessions, fellow members tell of extraordinary yearnings for a smoke, and a surprising number admit that they are still yielding. A palefaced Alan says: "I've been so seasick all day that I haven't had a chance to think about...
Ceylon was the last stop, and a surprising one. There the Pope was greeted by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and a crowd of at least 500,000. The country's highest ranking Buddhist monk was on hand to declare that the Pope's visit "will help all us...
Mindlessly zonked, Wolfe's society folk wander about, from party to party and cause to cause. That Wolfe should toss their way such bitchy caricature is hardly surprising. (They do seem to invite it.) The real surprise is that he should direct his wit at such people in the first...