Word: bane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bane of every newsman's existence is the publicity handout. In a never-ending stream, handouts arrive in the morning mail to proclaim that Consolidated Everything has just named Jim Jutjaw as the new vice president in charge of personal advancement; or that Sandi Starlet's high-rise bust does not keep her from reading on her back; or that Senator Somnolence has forthrightly called for further discussion...
...Maine, the campaign was plainly becoming a bane. With 321 Democrats in the field for local and state offices-greatest number in at least 28 years-seven Republicans and three Democrats were contesting one congressional seat. Republican Margaret Chase Smith's U.S. Senate seat is sought by two Democrats: State Representative Plato Truman and, to compound the confusion, a Portland landscape consultant named Jack L. Smith, 43. Moreover, a Democrat named Carlton Reed is challenging Republican Governor John H. Reed...
...explorers this fall unearthed a 500-year-old pair of shoes. Radio Budapest remarked sardonically that the shoes were in better shape than most of the footwear produced in present-day Hungary. That is not as funny as it might seem. The problem of shoddy goods, long the bane of Communist nations, is seriously hampering new efforts to increase trade with the West. Last week, in a drive to upgrade the quality of industrial products, East Germany sent 20,000 faithful party stalwarts across the country to inspect, inspect, inspect...
...most!" bounced Bandleader Meyer Davis in a ditty to come out by, as Anne Ford, 22, youngest daughter of Henry Ford II, made her debut four years ago. For the last few months the boy that Anne's been digging the most is ur bane Wall Street Stockbroker Giancarlo Uzielli, 31, whose mother is a Rothschild. Gianni has been seeking a Vatican annulment of his first marriage to French beauty Anne-Marie Deschodt, now wed to nouvelle vague Film Director Louis Malle. Though both are Catholics, Anne and Gianni have decided not to wait any longer. They will...
Benefit & Bane. Even more dramatic are the contributions fungi have made to science and medicine. Yeasts' high content of vitamins makes them effective against beriberi and pellagra. Ergot, derived from fungus-infected grain, speeds labor in childbirth, helps control bleeding. A common red bread mold has vastly facilitated research on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which governs heredity and holds the secret of life...