Word: swift
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Newspapers spoke of the nation's "rage and shame" and demanded swift police action; the Minister of Interior hinted that he might ban the German Reich Party (whose former Nazi leaders professed innocence). But the Socialist Neue Rhein Zeitung of Cologne complained that "all these telegrams and expressions of regret . . . seem to be prompted by the concern over the Cologne disgrace abroad." In a radio speech, President Heinrich Lubke blamed all Germans for an "overestimation of material achievement as opposed to intellectual, spiritual and moral values," and noted the continued prevalence in Germany of "arrogance, self-satisfaction and feelings...
Wiener foresees a time when modern pushbutton war will become so swift and complex that only computers can think fast enough to make its strategic decisions. They will train themselves by playing war games, as human generals do now, and will figure out more quickly than humans when it seems necessary to push the fatal buttons. But Wiener does not trust the motives of even the brightest war-making machine. "If the rules for victory in a war game," he says, "do not correspond to what we actually wish for our country, it .is more likely that such a machine...
...society celebrated its swift growth by moving into a new building on East 64th Street designed by Philip Johnson and christened Asia House. Architect Johnson's curious combination of austere steel-and-glass with a luxurious leather-and-linen decor might strike some visitors as overformal, but at least it did nothing to detract from the superb objects displayed in the opening show. The loan exhibition chosen from the top American collections consisted of 46 masterpieces, ranging from Japan to Afghanistan and covering a span of 3,000 years...
...rhinoceros, dating from the 12th century B.C.; a Mogul miniature painting of Krishna, tense as a strung bow, awaiting his beloved; and a fantastic carpet from 17th century Lahore (see color). The carpet begins at the top with peaceful scenes of partying, moves to a gazelle hunt, with swift cheetahs used as hunting dogs, and then explodes in a wild fantasy. While tigers watch, a giant griffin with an elephant's head ferociously descends on a circle of black elephants, but is itself swooped upon by a fiery bird...
...front of McGarry will be his stalwart defensemen, co-captains Brian Mulloy and A1 Soares, who rarely leave the ice. At center will be high scorer Dave Kelley, a swift skater who tallied the only goal against Providence, and was involved in all three goals against...