Word: boardwalks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Steel Co. in Dallas three years ago to work full time for the President. Earlier, in 1964, he had helped direct arrangements at the Democratic Convention. He is remembered for his dour directive to office girls, telling them not to spend their lunch hours basking on the Atlantic City boardwalk and not to wear diaphanous blouses...
Although the American Medical Association was a progressive, reform-minded organization in the first third of the 20th century, it has since suffered a severe case of intellectual atherosclerosis. Last week, as some 12,000 of its members pounded the Atlantic City boardwalk between sessions of its annual convention, the A.M.A.'s 242-member house of delegates voted to catch up with the present in several areas, and also cast a constructive eye toward the future...
...Chevy's big attraction was a male folk singer who extemporized rhymed verse for ten minutes to the tune of "Under the Boardwalk." Except for an indifferent plug for Chevy, his ballad was inspired by the grubby bunch who gawked at him. Singling out one middle-aged man, he improvised...
...words into his characters' mouths. Occasionally, they seem to be speaking less for themselves than for a troubled generation in toto. But Director Michael Winner masks the deficiency, coolly catching the feverish, gotta-keep-busy restlessness of youth on the go. Wherever the action is, from ballroom to boardwalk to a beachside spree in which a bride-and-groom are burned in effigy. Winner gives a commanding end-of-summer air to every moment...
Pakistan is offering saris for $15 to $45 and 17 tall cedars (for the best offer). Israel is marketing fur coats, and Ireland is selling lace and sweaters (highest bids). Thailand wants to sell its temple-like pavilion. Montana wants to sell a 300-ft.-long boardwalk, a 56-ft.-long public lavatory, and its live elk. Florida is asking $50,000 for Smokey, a porpoise trained to spit out fires and play basketball. Dozens of companies are selling computers, typewriters, video tape recorders and other equipment...