Word: bending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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EXERCISE: Put your right hoof in your right cuff, bend your elbow behind your ear, takes a snort and sneeze. The consequent sensation will parallel the pretzel-like contortion which most of us have sustained all year...
Modern Hero. The frustration is felt t almost every level of Spanish life and has taken particularly deep root among Spain's 12 million workers, whose labor syndicates are creatures of Franco's government and easily bend to its will. In hopes of lobbying for labor gains, Spain's workers have boldly launched a grass-roots organization of their own as a rival to the syndicates. Called the Workers' Commissions movement, it has spread rapidly iow has chapters in factories all over Spain; it has also reached some white-collar employees, such as bank clerks...
...labor unions to ease some of their rules to help him start a $400,000 project in the largely Negro inner city. Partly by using new techniques, Campbell expects to offer a one-bedroom apartment for $80-a-month rent, well below that of competitive units. In South Bend, Ind., Home Builder Andrew Place has just sold a three-bedroom FHA house for $10,900, nearly $3,000 less than the price of any other new home in the area...
...Kansas City Riding Instructor Jan Dickerson confirms that 80% of her students are girls. Says she: "Boys think riding is a matter of brute strength. Girls are gratified that they become good riders through developing their skills and fine sense of touch." Adds Carol Metzger, 40, of Portuguese Bend, Calif., whose daughter Katie, 8, rides the family's Welsh pony Blue Jay: "All the boys around here surf, all the girls ride...
...Manhattan, although repeated summonses to Washington for troubleshooting missions scarcely left him time for his legal career. The grueling Paris negotiations will tax Vance's health even more severely than his previous assignments. Despite the orthopedic brace he wears, his back is often so painful that he cannot bend to tie his shoelaces...