Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...independent status would, of course, make it even harder for President Thieu to send representatives to Paris. At the same time, Thuy twitted the U.S. for South Viet Nam's unwillingness to join the conference. "As for the attitude of Saigon," he said, "it is an affair for the Saigon and the American sides to settle...
...began in Seattle. In 1963, Philanthropist Paul Friedlander united the city's various cultural fund-raising operations under the name PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Culture Organizations), then raised $111,000 by auctioning off animals, art, jewelry and a caboose. Seattle's PONCHO auction has become an annual affair (this year's net: $171,550), and Friedlander on his own time and money has traveled the country advising other...
...into a castle keep by the addition of bright banners, shields and coats of arms. The theme of the auction was Camelot. Up for bids were dozens of items calculated to tempt the fantasies of the 800 patrons, who paid $50 a ticket to get into the black-tie affair...
Munro does not attribute all the trouble to injuries. "Our passing game has fallen off," he said. "We outshot Penn on Saturday but they had the ball down in our zone much longer. Our offense was a one shot affair...
...lines range from pure exposition to the hokey (Father, speaking of the son: "He called me old man!") to the absurd ("I don't know where you're headed, but you're going to be pushed there damn fast."). Some of the worst writing centers around Paul's teenage affair, gratuitously stuck into the second half--complete with flashback...