Word: americas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Connally gulped honey to ease a sore larynx and sent out his sons John and Mark and daughter Sharon to dispense hats and T shirts that proclaimed, CONNALLY-LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA...
...other banks give toasters and electric blankets to their customers. Carl Cochran got something better. Two months ago, a local branch of the Bank of America credited the San Francisco freelance writer with more than $4,000 in an account that, he jokes, usually has a balance of "about $6.15." Cochran claims he informed a teller of the mistake, but the bank insisted the amount was correct. Exasperated, Cochran withdrew the funds and notified bank officials that he was holding their money hostage...
...Pledged that an apology for the foul-up would be delivered to his apartment "by the biggest bigwig the Bank of America can conveniently locate...
...Higher wages, along with higher productivity. We are training them. They want to share in the progress and prosperity of the country, and they are to a large extent sharing it. Our black people are free in South Africa. They have never been slaves like the black people in America...
...richer and more upper-class the undergraduates, the more prone they are to get themselves up on proletarian fancy dress-which, incidentally, can often be quite costly-and to cultivate a nondescript accent which might belong to anyone anywhere. This is part of the worldwide social revolution for which America has provided the musical accompaniment-rock-and the uniform-jeans...