Word: cotton
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Reed has been playing it tough since his earliest days in Bernice, La., a tiny (pop. 1,641) farm community 250 miles north of New Orleans. As he recalls, "I hauled wheat, picked cotton, carried watermelons, anything to make a buck." He was named to all-state teams in both football and basketball, and set a school record in the shot put. At Grambling College he made the Small College All-America basketball team twice, and figured to be Detroit's first-round draft choice. But the Pistons unexpectedly bypassed him, and a New York scout named Red Holzman...
After ten minutes of actual blood giving, the other nurse began closing off valves and unhooking me. She put a wad of cotton and a super-sized bandaid over the puncture. Then the nurse told me to sit up slowly and wait for an escort. A nice old lady wearing a volunteer's blue orderly coat escorted me arm-in-arm over to "the canteen." I was seated at a table and told to stay there at least 15 minutes to rest and eat crackers, cookies, and have something to drink (coffee, Coke, or Seven-Up). The wives of some...
...event, New Hampshire's senior senator, Norris Cotton, is to be heartily commended for refusing to succumb to the hysteria. This newspaper joins him in refusing to have on OUR consciences the "numberless thousands" of non-Communist Asians who will be "tortured and slaughtered" if the United States were to suddenly withdraw from South Vietnam. Nor will we accept responsibility for the betrayal of the brave young men who have served the cause of freedom- and even died for it- while asking no more in return than moral support from the American people...
...Senator Cotton described the nationwide march for what it is: "A MARCH AGAINST OUR COUNTRY... A STEP TOWARDS SUBSTITUTING MOB PSYCHOLOGY FOR THE REASONED POLICIES OF A GOVERNMENT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC...
...Coach of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America in 1961 and 1963; he is the only coach ever to win that honor twice. He may be on his way to a third title. Recently his boys whipped conference archrival Southern Methodist 45-14 in Dallas' Cotton Bowl to bring their 1969 record to 6-0. That victory secured their ranking as the nation's No. 2 team and established the Longhorns as the only serious challenger to Ohio State for the No. 1 position in the nation...