Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...headquarters. Said a Federal Aviation Agency official: "That flight was handled as if it were Air Force One." The general public of two continents hung on Flight 85's every move, fascinated by the airborne drama. Once again it was evident that the awesome machines of the jet age can become even more fragile hostages than the hapless crews themselves...
...election eve WGBH-TV rally for all the Boston city council candidates, Mrs. Hicks pledged support for the 'forgotten Bostonian... the middle class man who pays the bills for Boston." The candidate from South Boston was surrounded by high school and college age students waving "Hicks for City Council" placards...
Unfortunately though, the Poon holds no monopoly over parody. For parody has been proliferating all around us, until it has now become the very Soul of the Age. No one can any longer be quite sure what is parody and what is not, There are, of course, the obvious exceptions. Spiro as V.P. is a deja vu parody of Richard as V.P.: Tricia. dressed as a gypsy princess at a White House Halloween party, is out to parody her sister Julie's marriage to a grinning David: and airline hijacker Rafael Minichiello is certainly a master parodist even...
Broadening the age distribution of trustee members by eliminating the present requirement that only graduates of ten years standing are eligible...
...whole report could turn out to be a big fraud, though," Bower said last night. "Even if the trustees pass the resolutions, it's still possible that students will only be allowed to sit in on committee meetings and not be permitted voting rights. Relaxing the age restrictions doesn't mean the trustees have to vote in any younger members...