Word: brands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What makes the district even more interesting is the fact that it is brand-new; after the 1960 census. Kansas reapportioned itself, took the old Fifth and Sixth districts and threw them together as the First. Each of the old districts had a popular Congressman, one a liberal Democrat, the other a conservative Republican. Now they are running against each other, and they differ on almost all issues. Says Democrat J. Floyd Breeding, 61, a farmer-stockman, of his opponent: "What I'm for, he's against." With that sentiment, Republican Robert Dole, 39, a lawyer, concurs...
...that their technology, lacking outlets, will wither. The British had their first taste of things to come in 1956, when a batch of aging American F-84s was given to the reviving Luftwaffe, as one British reporter put it, "like free samples of detergent." One year later, despite a brand-new tank factory in Lancashire, Britain lost out to the U.S. M48 tank in bidding to equip West Germany's armored corps...
...carpenters fastened the 2,800 plastic-covered airline-like seats that have been as signed to the council fathers on facing rows of tiered bleachers, each 330 ft. long. On the right and left walls of the basilica, plumbers put the finishing touch to brand-new bathrooms that will be preserved, for the benefit of tourists, as a humble memento of the council...
...evidently there is no escaping American bureaucratese. The Peking Review's advertisements for Flyin-Pigeon bicycles and Ostrich brand ink both speak of "finalizing" orders...
Join the Harvard Yacht Club: "We'll use a brand-new fleet of 15 dinghies...