Word: chipping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...police officer, that should be my concern. It's the whole goddamned thing of 'don't get involved.' " By getting involved, Ditto is molding powerless people into a significant force. Despite the reservations of many whites, the East Side clergymen and the blue-chip board of New Detroit are betting it will be a force for good. Says Baldwin: "We are nobodies. Frank Ditto is a nobody. We must come together at this level-a thousand nobodies...
...would be two more years before a Harvard team would take the field again. When it did, in October 1945, it was a different story. That year we amassed a 5-3 season, only the second winning record since 1937. The next year, led by flashy halfbacks Chip Gannon and Cleo O'Donnell, Harvard rolled to a 7-2 mark, dropping the Yale game 27-14. Things were starting to return to normal...
Yorty, 59, realized that the runoff would finish him unless he could find a transcendent issue that would not only bring out his normal conservative constituency in heavy numbers but would also chip at Bradley's strength in the center. His own record after eight years was not much to boast about. Routine city services operate efficiently enough, and the L.A. area has enjoyed a dramatic economic expansion. However, with power in Los Angeles fragmented between city and county government, Yorty has never attempted to exercise the strong and dynamic leadership that any major city needs. Furthermore, instances...
...elected and the electorate." What followed were the terms of Poher's own contract proposal, and they constituted a clear bid to un-Gaullize France. He pledged to renew ties with the Atlantic alliance, and to reduce France's heavy foreign aid load. Domestically, he promised to chip away at De Gaulle's extravagant "prestige items" and to work for decent housing for everyone, job security and protection against illness...
...live largely off federal funds. Investors have rushed to buy shares in the more than 50 chains that have gone public in the past four years. Stock prices have been commonly bid up to 50 or 100 times earnings, which is three to six times more than a blue chip commands in the market. This fevered growth and speculation raises serious questions. How sound are the chains as businesses? How well do they care for the ailing aged...