Word: breds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there is also apprehension that the old hatreds bred in the bloody Civil War, unresolved ethnic and geographic differences, and the bitterness of the years of selective repression may rise to the surface. For more than a decade Spain has been obsessed with the question: After Franco, what? It is now about to find...
...often get the headlines," Duehay said about his role as a city councilor. Because he is not outrageously right or left of the political spectrum, Duehay feels that the role he has played in building the liberal coalition has been minimized. But the Cambridge-bred Duehay has been a binding force in the liberals' quest for a good government city manager...
...purpose; advocates of relativist philosophies; "anything goes" parents and children on drugs; the Supreme Court for having taken God and prayer out of the schools; the media for portraying and even touting vice and violence; Watergaters for shattering youth's idealism; those responsible for slums, where evil is bred. Fewer prepare themselves for personal ethical rebirth...
Guns have bred more guns. Because of the terrifying proliferation of handguns in the past few years-they are increasing at the rate of 2.5 million per year-more people are buying them in self-defense. It is not just the frontier mentality that lingers on in America; to a considerable extent in big cities, frontier conditions have been reestablished because of the surge in violent crime. Ira Latimer, executive vice president of the American Federation of Small Business, told Conyers' subcommittee: "The gun is the self-defense weapon of the cities. Small businessmen need them to survive." Some...
...race day, three of the original 1,200 horses were recognized favorites: Chick Called Sue, owned by Texas Trial Lawyer Aubrey Stokes; Rocket's Magic, belonging to Louisiana Fish Merchant Bill Thomas; and Bugs Alive, a filly bred by Ralph Shebester, owner of an Oklahoma oil rig repair company. In the starting gate, the three favorites were stationed side by side. Bugs Alive broke clean−a critically important advantage in so short a dash; Chick Called Sue stumbled badly; and Rocket's Magic quickly fell behind. Bugs Alive led all the way. "For the last 100 yards...