Word: centrality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HILL COUNTRY: LYNDON JOHNSON'S TEXAS (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The President himself conducts the cameras on a tour of his part of central Texas. He shows and tells about the old fort that became the site for what is now Johnson City, the family cemetery and his grandmother's bravery during an attack by Indians, the house in which he was born (now a museum), the school he attended and his teacher (who will be interviewed on the show), his present ranch and the surrounding countryside-from the Pedernales River to Pack Saddle Mountain. Mrs. Johnson also...
...Association to set up a kind of "judicare" system, under which the poor will use credit cards for legal services. Cardholders will be allowed to use the lawyer of their choice, and their fees, at least 25% less than the regular minimum scale, will be paid out of a central fund. "In effect,'7 says Shriver, "the entire bar is taking a salary cut on behalf of the poor...
Nowhere was the shock of massive encampment greater in Viet Nam than in the sleepy little town of An Khe in the barren Central Highlands. Late last summer, 21,000 troopers of the U.S. 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) set up tents and helipads near An Khe. Prostitutes and profiteers swarmed into the town; prices for everything from beef to beer soared, as did the incidence of disease among the Americans. Dysentery and other intestinal diseases multiplied fourfold within four months; venereal disease soon afflicted nearly a third of the G.I.s...
When the second and incredibly violent eruption ripped Thera around 1470 B.C., however, it caused the central and western part of the little island to sink and generated tsunamis (seismic sea waves) between 100 and 165 feet high. "Within 20 minutes, these waves hit the Cretan coast with terrifying fury," says Marinates, "destroying everything they could reach." The waves were accompanied by a rain of volcanic ash that buried nearly everything left standing and by fumes that poisoned the population. In the wake of the catastrophic eruption, most of the surviving Minoans fled Crete, sailing to other Mediterranean islands, mainland...
Rallying around a City gartage truck, members of Community Litter Elimination Action Now (CLEAN), lined up outside the Union in preparation for their anti-trash parade last weekend. Sweeping down a ten-block area around Central Square, the CLEAN team, Cambridge's own white tornado, advertised the start of "Cleanup Week...