Word: cones
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they come? A girl all flaxon haired commented to her friend in smooth tones that left a vapour-trail of sophistication--meanwhile throwing a partly used ice cream cone down before her--"I don't normally come to these meat markets, but I was thirsty...
...Potawatomi tribe encamped along the Kansas River. The dead were buried on and around the 250-foot hill that is now called Burnett's Mound, on the southwestern edge of Topeka, and the Great Spirit was enjoined to protect the place forever from the twister's deadly cone.* Topeka's immunity to catastrophic tornadoes had itself become a legend until 7:13 one evening last week, when most citizens were at dinner. By the time they would have been clearing the table, 15 were dead and 300 injured, and a good part of the city...
...MILLS B. LANE JR., president of Atlanta's Citizens & Southern National Bank: "You know we Americans always overdo things, whether it's an ice cream cone or Scotch and soda. In not too long, we'll be looking for ways to stimulate the economy. The slowdown is beginning already...
...tired of Willis last summer, informally voted 7 to 4 not to renew his contract, compromised on his guarantee to quit when he reaches 65 next December. Willis faced not only a hostile board but also 48 top Chicago businessmen-including Inland Steel's Joseph L. Block, Foote, Cone & Belding's Fairfax Cone, and Chicago & North Western's Ben Heineman-who last July urged selection of a new man and a policy of "equal access to our schools by all races...
Mooring latches clicked into place, hooking themselves into Gemini's nose. An electric motor aboard Agena spun into action, retracting the docking cone, pulling Gemini's nose about two feet into the Agena and connecting the electrical systems of the two craft. On Agena's exterior instrument panel, a green "rigid" sign flashed on, indicating that Gemini and Agena were now physically and electronically linked in a steely embrace. It was 6:15 p.m. For the first time, man had joined two craft in space...