Word: chucks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nation is in agreement that its slums must be eliminated, but most solutions to the problem have been be clouded by a deep philosophical and economic schism between the adherents of private redevelopment and those who advocate publicly financed urban renewal. Last week Illinois Freshman Senator Chuck Percy introduced a housing bill that would combine both approaches and, in addition, give the slum dweller a stake in his own environment...
...havoc and hysteria. Now that the Beatles have retired from the road, the Stones have become the big squeal on the international pop-music circuit. They have a unique appeal. Like most British rock 'n' roll groups, they began by imitating such hard-rocking blues merchants as Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters (whose Rolling Stones Blues inspired their name); the result was a musically roughhewn sound sung in mock Negro dialect. In 1964, the Stones decided that if the Beatles were the goodies, they would be the baddies. They scowled, talked surly, and sang such suggestive leerics...
...author himself since he began writing for the stage 11 years ago. The first is, how should the ballads and rhymed verse he so enjoys be stitched to the colloquial dialogue? The second is, how can one pick sides in plays where all the characters are likely to chuck their ideas and, in a completely metaphorical way, mind you, drop their pants...
...expect some support should the front-running candidates stumble. "I like Chuck," says Barry Goldwater, whom Percy supported in 1964. "I've worked for him, he's worked for me. I'd support him." But Percy's chief problem is inexperience, which is only accentuated by his boyish looks...
...More than any of the other liberal Republicans, Percy can get a sympathetic hearing from the Republican right. He supported Barry Goldwater after the 1964 convention-though he later regretted it-while Romney rejected the national ticket. Goldwater never forgave Romney, and said of Percy last month: "I like Chuck. I've worked for him; he's worked for me. I'd support...