Word: birching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little doubt of Muslim involvement in July, when Wyatt and a local dentist, Dr. Robert McClung, sold the Muslims an additional 541-acre parcel for a quick $20,000 profit. McClung, similarly, was an unlikely ally of the black man; he is past president of the local John Birch Society. Their neighbors were particularly enraged, since the pair had apparently been motivated solely by profit. In addition to the land sales, Wyatt was also offered the job of personnel manager at the farm, and the Muslims promised to buy trucks and cars from...
...group's musical director from Chappaqua, N.Y., which borders Mr. Kisco. Elliot was introduced to rock 'n' roll by his older brother and quickly became the prime patron of a local malt shop. He listened intently to the juke box for hours and watched the neighborhood toughs guzzle birch beer and carve their initials on the booths. At night, he would lie in his bed as rock hits echoed through his mind and visions of fan clubs danced in his head. "Someday," Elliot's heart said, "I too will be a rock and roll star...
...THEN I passed the John Birch Society Book-store where I read pamphlets and leaflets decrying the carnal, communist, and corpuscible sins of this country and sex education and Marx in the high schools and a Woman chewing Chiclets outside walked by looking into the window and the Joe McCarthy tints said Amen and shuffled down to the Corner. Later, eating at the Utah Cafe. I noticed a man sitting near me at the counter with no teeth and a beard and a brown suit in which the pocket was filled with ball point pens lined up like cigars...