Word: crocketts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Northern Ireland can and does take considerable pride in its emigrant sons. Davy Crockett's parents came from Ulster. So did the ancestors of Sam Houston, Horace Greeley and ten U.S. Presidents.* Even so, last week was a special occasion. For a sentimental reunion on the ould sod, some 50 members of what is probably America's richest family gathered at the old family homestead -a clay-floored, thatch-roofed cottage near Omagh in County Tyrone...
...going to college is that you learn things, and that my present actions are much influenced by my Contemporary Civilization C1001 readings. After sealing the letter I realize that my conception of the philosophy of law comes not so much from Rousseau as from Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. I remember his saying that you should decide what you think is right and then go ahead and do it. Walt Disney really bagged that one; the old fascist inadvertently created a whole generation of radicals...
...head to his toes." His family has been in the state since 1821. He is a walking repository of Hoosier lore, with which he delights audiences. As Branigin expounds early Indiana history, Lieut. Colonel George Rogers Clark comes out a combination of Daniel Boone, Kit Carson and Davy Crockett; Clark's conquests of Kaskaskia, Vincennes and Cahokia sound only slightly less momentous than Saratoga, Trenton and Yorktown...
...skyline was encouraging. So was Lonborg. Davy Crockett in red, white and blue. The resemblance was to be expected. Lonborg came from California...
Nothing is deader than yesteryear's fad, or so at least moan merchants who have been stuck with unsalable stocks of Yo-yos, Davy Crockett hats and Batman costumes. Until six weeks ago, the same could have been said of Hula Hoops, which in a profitable six months in 1958 racked up worldwide sales of 70 million. But Wham-O Manufacturing Corp., which started the first craze, had a hunch that hoops were good for another twirl. The novelty that was needed was noise. So Wham-O put half-a-dozen ¼-in.-diameter ball bearings inside each hollow...