atomic energy; nuclear power
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
social; societal; societary
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
calamity; disaster; accident
this for sure; certainly is
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
nowadays; in this day and age
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
longing for; burning desire
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to become inverted; to become reversed
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
official announcement; proclamation
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus