Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...change and some samples: 1) new words: cybernetics, zap, finalize, multimedia; 2) old words rediscovered and popularized: ambience, relevant, charisma, geriatric, black, guru, spectrum, style of life (plus four-letter words formerly heard only in an Army barrack or pool hall); 3) common words with radically changed meanings: trip, pig, square, soul...
...Americans living in Singapore, he urged them to write friends and relatives back home explaining "what's actually going on in Asia and what the American presence means. I can say that," he added, "because I didn't understand it myself until I made this trip...
...inquest was over, Kennedy chose to look ahead, not backward. He returned to Washington with his wife Joan and said that he would accompany her to New York this week, where she will have her tonsils removed. He is eager to resume his senatorial duties, and plans a trip to Dublin for a speech at Trinity College. He expects to kick off his campaign for re-election to the Senate at a dinner on Feb. 22, his 38th birthday...
...Halaby was a highly visible, activist administrator, flying out personally to investigate every major crash. (On one trip, his plane brushed the wing of a Viscount while taxiing; after Halaby reported the incident, his FAA fined him $50.) He also framed new safety regulations calling for, among other things, improved radar and computerized air-traffic control and separate airways for jets and slower piston-en-gined aircraft. During Halaby's tenure, the airline fatality rate dropped by nearly two-thirds. Just before he resigned in 1965, Halaby flew an FAA JetStar from Los Angeles to Washington, checking in by radio...
...Piazza della Signoria, Taylor meets a bored and footloose English girl named Marty (Charlotte Rampling) who is alone on holiday and obviously receptive to some attractive company. She takes the boys to visit some jaded Italian friends; they respond by inviting her along on the remainder of their trip...