Word: clay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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GUMMIDGE: Not at all. You can now use it even when addressing preschoolers. In his book Translations from the English, Robert Paul Smith offers these samples: "He shows a real ability in plastic conception." That means he can make a snake out of clay. "He's rather slow in group integration and reacts negatively to aggressive stimulus." He cries easily. And "He does seem to have developed late in large-muscle control." He falls on his head frequently...
...inch square of red clay about 4500 years old, used to be in the Semitic Museum, which stood on the site of the International Affairs Center until the late 1950's, when the Museum was disbanded. At that time, the map was transferred to the basement, and everyone just forgot about...
...wonder was the punch. Cleveland Williams can't even remember what happened during the last 4 min. of the 7 min. 8 sec. that he was in the ring with Clay. And it's a good thing he can't. In the first round, Cassius contented himself with giving the Cat a dancing lesson and a nosebleed. Then, when the bell rang for Round 2, Trainer Dundee ordered: "Go after him. Use a chopping right." Clay's first chopping right dropped Williams for a count of two; his second caught the Cat flush on the mouth...
Winner & Loser. For Clay, the victory marked the end of a year in which he has beaten five opponents and earned $2,000,000. It also left Cassius with only one logical contender: Ernie Terrell, the World Boxing Association's heavyweight champion, whom he will probably fight next February...
...industrial jobs a year. Reversing that trend has become Mayor John Lindsay's overriding concern. "It's a battle we must win," he says. "If we lose, we lose everything." In its desperation, New York has set up a Public Development Corporation, headed by General Lucius Clay, to tempt industry by assembling sites. Adopting a controversial scheme that began in the South, the corporation also plans to finance some plants with tax-exempt bonds...