Word: bustings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lady Bird Johnson was back in Washington, D.C., for the first time since her husband lay in state there three months ago. At the National Portrait Gallery, she unveiled a bronze bust of Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House for 17 years. "Lyndon always loved to think himself as "Lyndon one of the 'Speaker's think boys,' "she said. In Manhattan, Mrs. Johnson was greeted with a standing ovation by the audience of Irene, the same heavily sugared musical that got an enthusiastic minority review by Theatergoer Richard Nixon...
...course, was nowhere near broke. Ten days latter, it sent correspondent Douglas Kiker to the reservation, probably in anticipation of a possible bust. But no bust materialized, and Kiker delivered a report on "NBC Nightly News" that emphasized that Wounded Knee had indeed become somewhat boring...
Despite AIM's apparent distaste for tribal government, the militant group found bureaucracy a necessary tool. After the first two tense weeks, when it appeared that the FBI would move in for a quick bust, AIM settled in for a long stay. The hard part was over-the town was secured, negotiations had begun...
...recent study funded by the National Science Foundation examined Project Rulison from every angle-financial, social, environmental. Their finding: on all counts, the blast was a bust...
...Rolls-Royce company went bust in 1971, overwhelmed by the cost of producing advanced jet engines for American planes; its aero-engine division was nationalized by the Crown and a new operation, Rolls-Royce Motors, was created to continue making cars, diesel engines and turbine parts. The motor business has done well; it posted nearly $10 million in pre-tax profits last year on sales of $110 million. So Receiver Edward Rupert Nicholson had planned to sell shares in it to the British public and use the proceeds to settle bills run up by the aero-engine operation...