Word: cordes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hall with the reds, blues, purples and whites of ancient aristocrats memorialized in stained glass above the heads of their descendants. The lords milled about, unaccustomed to the crush. The confusion became so great that at one point Lord Salisbury, 74, struggling to his feet, got tangled in the cord of his hearing aid and nearly fell to the carpet. Lord Byers, his debating opponent, remarked solicitously: "I do hope the noble lord has not hanged himself...
...says don't make it hard for us or you're gonna get hurt. We do not move. We want to make it clear that the police had to step over more chairs to get our people out. They pull us apart and carry us out, stacking us like cord wood under a tree. The press is here so we are not beaten. As I sit under the tree I can see kids looking down at us from every window in the building. We exchange the "V" sign.. The police will have to ax every door to get them...
...stick of dynamite," recalled one aide. "It sounded like a firecracker, and I thought it was a pretty poor joke," said another. All of the aides hit the deck. The heavy-caliber bullet smashed through King's neck, exploded against his lower right jaw, severing his spinal cord and slamming him away from the rail, up against the wall, with hands drawn tautly toward his head. "Oh Lord!" moaned one of his lieutenants as he saw the blood flowing over King's white, button-down shirt...
...bored thousands who sit in their plush offices, protected by a benefit program that only an affluent society looking for tax advantages could imagine, your Second Acts Essay [March 8] is exciting and challenging. Cutting the umbilical cord to the big mother corporation is hard, but in most cases, it does open up a whole new life. After 18 years with a fine company, I have made the change. Your article is reassuring...
Five Minutes a Year. A prime reason for Goodyear's historic success has been innovation-or, as Chairman Russell DeYoung puts it, "You can reflect on past glories for five minutes each year, then forget it." Goodyear's firsts include the rayon cord tire in 1938, the nylon cord in 1947 and the polyester cord in 1962. Last week the company's latest creation was introduced: a polyester and fiber-glass tire, which will be sold as a replacement for original equipment tires and is said by the company to have twice their lifetime. More expensive than...