Word: aftermath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some respects, the 95th is unique, and that has a great deal to do with its problems. It was elected in the psychological aftermath of the Viet Nam War and Watergate?wrenching historical episodes in which a complacent legislature failed until too late to question excesses of Executive authority. Thus Congress bristled when Carter indicated that he would decide what was best for the country and that Congress's role in accepting (or rejecting) those decisions was more a frustrating nuisance than a necessary part of democratic government...
...Union Dues, Hobie has his leg broken by police in the aftermath of the factory take-over, and Hunter prepares to join the Steelworkers and marry a South Boston Irish widow, still having failed to find his son., This conclusion may seem unsatisfying, but this does not obscure Sayles' achievement--he has written with simple grace and sympathy a moving story of a working-class family split by social forces it cannot begin to understand. We are left with words of Darwin, Hobie's older brother, when his father contacts him about his runaway brother: "Go back. Forget about Hobie...
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...Crimson harrier hung tough in the aftermath, however, and Eichner and Rafto managed to post excellent times of 4:33 and 4:37 respectively, at the mile mark. Sheehan ran extremely well for most of the race, dueling with B.C.'s Roach for possession of the second slot, until he tightened up in the last half mile and was passed by a group of runners...
...aftermath of the takeover, Stephens was forced to withdraw from the University, though for reasons not directly related to the protest. He had been named director of Big Brothers and Sisters, a Phillips Brooks House program that worked to help young kids in the Columbia Point housing projects. In June 1972, Stephens was involved in an attempted theft of furniture from a Harvard House--furniture that was destined for use in the Columbia Point summer program. He was summarily thrown out of Harvard by the Ad Board...