Word: absenting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...November, Taft will face salty Democratic Senator Stephen M. Young, 75, who easily won renomination over an opponent who was officially absent from the race: Astronaut John Glenn, still ailing from a bathroom fall almost three months ago. Young got 515,362 votes to 201,175 from never-say-die Glenn admirers...
Although no Scoffer would be caught dead studying for exams earlier than exam week (at which time he may exert veritably superhuman efforts), chances are the spectre of examinations is never completely absent from his thoughts. Engaged in casual poker marathons, putting on faces of nonchalance to the world, he may perhaps shriek in his night-mares "The system is evil, unfair, stupid...
Humphrey was understandably annoyed. He shot off telegrams to the truants ordering them back to Washington on the double, followed up with 36 personal phone calls. The next quorum call, two days later, was met. But still absent were nine of Humphrey's Democratic supporters and six pro-civil rights Republicans. With that, Humphrey and Majority Leader Mike Mansfield summoned offending Democrats to a special meeting, urged them to mend their ways and handed out a list of scheduled quorum calls through mid-May. Seven Senators didn't show up for that session either...
Tammy is a genie out of another bottle. From a mouth carved by a razor she lets slip songs and dialogue as if they were secret vices. Other people speak; Tammy makes animal noises. She looks like a love goddess playfully absent without leave from the moon...
Since McClelland, Miller and Bales are all absent this year, Roger W. Brown, professor of Social Psychology and Acting Chairman of the Soc Rel Department, and Talcott Parsons, professor of Sociology, will serve on the committee until June...