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...AUTOBIOGRAPHY Why Not the Best? President-elect Jimmy Carter suggested that 1976 could be viewed as a turning point, a watershed in Americar history. Making generalizations about American politics is a risky thing, even with the benefit of hindsight. Nonetheless, three events of the past month--the death of Michigan Senator Philip Hart, the election of Senator Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) as Senate Majority Leader, and the announcements of Carter's cabinet nominations, especially those of Griffin Bell for Attorney General and Harold Brown for Secretary of Defense--suggest some of the critical choices confronting congressional leaders and some...

Author: By Andrew T. Karron, | Title: Hart and Minds | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

According to the statement, "we crucial (military) problems are not ones that will be solved through nuclear testing," and U. S. resumption of atmospheric testing would be "profoundly immoral." The marchers are opposing shelters because "in fact virtually nothing can be done to preserve Americar society except to insure that no war breaks...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Interest Mounts in Peace March; Over 200 May Go to Washington | 2/6/1962 | See Source »

Willys, which has had more ups & downs in recent years than any other car, got patriotic, named its '41s "Americar," dropped the once-famed "Overland" name altogether. Four cylinders turn out 63 h.p., wheel base is two inches longer and every car has a gravel shield at the rear end. Prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The'4Is | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

...classes, though, be it confessed, the Yankee occasionally falls into an opposite error of making the a too broad, the o too confined, and the r utterly inaudible. In his mouth won't, the contraction for will not, becomes wunt. He is apt to call law lor, America Americar, etc., evidently to atone for his almost universal slight to the r in the middle of a word. Roof, root, and room become roof, room, root, etc. The sound he gives to such words as boat, home, comb, throat, spoke, coat, poke, etc., is unlike anything I ever heard before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROVINCIALISMS AT HARVARD. | 3/23/1877 | See Source »

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