Word: bil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scene could have been played in Dante's nethermost pit. The sun-or perhaps it was the moon-whirled like a ball of molten lead above a bil lowing grey dust cloud that made any hour seem torrid twilight. An ear-numbing cacophony of whines, snarls, splashes, roars and curses engulfed the 35,000 laborers who went about their tasks...
DISCOVERY '63 (ABC, 12:30-1 p.m.). Bil Baird's Puppets dance to Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, with poetry by Ogden Nash...
...Russell found several colleagues in a dismantling mood, and foremost among them was South Dakota Democrat George McGovern. Warning that "excessive" military spending was "distorting our economy, wasting our human resources and restricting our leadership in the world," McGovern called for a flat 10% cut from the $22.8 bil lion allotted to weapons procurement and research and development. The measure, blasted by Barry Goldwater as equal to unilateral disarmament, was opposed by 74 Senators, supported by three Democrats besides McGovern...
...approved by a 19-4 vote of the House Ways and Means Committee, the bill calls for an $11.7 billion cut to take effect over the next two years. Of that, about $9.5 billion would be in individual income tax slashes and about $2.2 bil lion in corporate tax reductions...
...troops swung down Cairo's streets last week, the city gave them a delirious welcome. Men waved green branches, women flung flowers from balconies, girls broke through police lines to loop garlands over the soldiers' necks, and children scrambled up trees and statues. Everyone screamed "Marhab bil abtal!" (Welcome to the heroes) as white pigeons wheeled overhead, helicopters displayed military flags, and MIG fighter squadrons thundered past...