Word: considerable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Having passed a new Bill of Rights, established a Supreme Court and performed various other wonders, the U.S. House of Representatives paused, in late September of 1789, to consider whether it should declare a national day of thanksgiving. Congressman Elias Boudinot of New Jersey thought it should. He introduced a...
Then there is the handful of teachers who crossed the picket lines. "We call them stabs, because they cut our throats," says one young junior high teacher. One teacher who crossed the picket lines had his windshield broken and his tires slashed. He kept replacing tires, only to have the...
Capitalizing on Reed's popularity, the Soviets also started a drumbeat of staged flackery on the arrested singer's behalf. The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that telegrams "expressing wrath and indignation at the arbitrary rule of U.S. authorities" were pouring in. A quartet of Soviet classical composers fired...
In Los Angeles, according to one observer, the basic rule is to defer to old money, and when that fails, defer to money. Consider a recent black-tie dinner for eight in the Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills, where liveried attendants park the cars and the houses are modeled...
Intercontinental makes a practice of putting up units that reflect their surroundings. In China, the Intercontinentals will all have different designs that match their neighborhoods. The Chinese themselves, says Intercontinental Chairman Paul Sheeline, want modern hotels, "but they don't want them to have what they consider to be unnecessary...