Word: coverers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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LORENZ HART was a superb lyricist, but he had his failings as a reporter. Hate California? Cold and damp? Just tell that to the citizens of the nation's most populous and most fascinating state, glowing with sunlight, blessed by beauty, rich beyond counting. In its cover story this week, TIME examines its people-who they are, what they seek, how California affects the U.S., present and future...
Reform Measures. To cover the revenue loss, the committee approved extension of the surtax at a reduced 5% rate through June 1970, a measure expected to produce $3 billion. It also endorsed, though in a more relaxed form than the House, provisions eliminating some of the more glaring tax inequities...
When the patrol commander squeezed off some warning shots, most of the Mafiosi melted into the mountain woods. The rest, taking cover behind rocks or in the scraggy Calabrian underbrush, opened up with pistols, shotguns and hunting rifles, wounding seven cops and taking two injuries of their own in a half-hour firefight. When it was all over, the police gathered up a sackful of weapons, 35 cars that had been abandoned on goat paths, and 21 gunmen aged 19 to 75. But the pezzi grossi (big shots) got away...
...Viet Nam by June-and out of Southeast Asia reasonably soon. Labor Leader Gough Whitlam, 53, laid out a program of social reforms, including a free health scheme and free university education at a cost of $15.6 million a year, and an emergency school grant of $112 million to cover immediate needs. His emphasis on domestic issues, which normally take second place in Australian elections to foreign affairs, appealed to the young voters. So did his wit. Once, when Gorton boasted that he wrote his own speeches. Whitlam retorted: "I have listened to the Prime Minister's speeches...
...Johnson a standing ovation recently when he promised "to call upon the civil authorities for help" in stopping any violence. The undergraduate senate, which is the body most representative of student opinion, also endorsed Johnson's stand. Nevertheless, the special labs are taking no chances. Stout screens now cover the windows of the Instrumentation lab, and two-by-fours are on hand to bar the doors...