Word: without
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...community in Jerusalem waited quietly for the end of the world, worshiping and sacrificing in the Temple, observing the fast and feast days and the stringencies of the Torah. Most of their converts were Jews; as for the Gentiles, it was understood that no man could be a Christian without first being a Jew-which meant circumcision and obedience to the dietary laws...
...game is unorthodox, often appearing to the chess purist to fly in the face of reason. Against Botvinnik, he several times seemed to sacrifice a piece without apparent advantage. But he also achieved his primarily psychological purpose: that of confusing and spoiling the precise calculations of his opponent. Time and again, unexpected Tal moves forced Botvinnik to hesitate so long that he ran into trouble with his time limit, then rushed into making weak moves. Last weekend, with 13 games left to play, Tal led by 6½ to 4½-And in the ninth game of the match, Botvinnik...
...automobiles ("I don't even know where the oil stick is"), the economy run seemed relatively simple. Said Mrs. Hauser, winner of the low-price, six-cylinder class in a Plymouth Savoy: "I think male drivers are high-strung, tense, too worried about stepping on the accelerator without thinking. Me, I just sit there calmly, smoking a cigarette, steering with one hand-and shaking my teeth." Tennis...
...afterward were encouraged to carve out their own satrapies in General Tire's vast corporate domain. In 1940 "W.O." decided to buy Akron radio station WJW to sound off against the activities of the United Rubber Workers in his plant. When he found he could not blast away without granting equal time to the union, he bought the money-losing station anyway and turned it over to his eldest son, William Michael. In a year's time, Bill turned WJW's red ink into black, sold the station for a fat profit. Eventually Bill, now 46, left...
...buyers, said witnesses, are among the most gullible of installment buyers. Recently, said Victor H. Nyborg, president of the Association of Better Business Bureaus, his group interviewed 225 new-car buyers, found that half, without knowing it, had agreed to buy life insurance along with their cars. One car buyer was making payments of $500 a year on his car, was charged $431 more for financing charges. Another paid an interest rate of 50% a year to finance a used...