Word: customs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bralessness, that badge of liberation and adornment of the age-in some cases, at least-may be an insupportable custom. So suggests a medical expert writing in The Journal of the American Medical Association...
...give the Republican President a standing ovation when he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address this week. Richard Nixon will wave, smile broadly, radiate friendliness, probably even compliment the lawmakers on their high dedication to the common good. Yet the ceremonial show of civility, demanded by custom, will scarcely conceal the fact that this is an election year, and that relations between the Hill and the White House are at a peak of partisanship unmatched since Harry Truman ran against a "do-nothing" 80th Congress...
...last period at Madison Square Garden, New York's Vic Hadfield began trading punches with Toronto's Jim Harrison. Maple Leaf Goalie Bernie Parent skated to Harrison's assistance and was intercepted by Ranger Goalie Ed Giacomin. During the four-way fray, Parent's $150 custom-made mask was snatched off the ice and thrown into the stands. Enraged when fans refused to return the mask, Parent stalked off the ice. After a 30-minute delay and an unsuccessful search of the stands, Goalie Jacques Plante replaced Parent in the Maple Leaf lineup. But no sooner...
...million in cash and in trust, and he later got an undisclosed settlement from the foundation's management, from which he was shut out. Dividends from investments in solid securities also added to his fortune, which was amply sufficient for his extravagances. He drove about in a custom-built gold and black car, designed to look like a London taxi and powered by a Rolls-Royce engine. Cracked Gulbenkian: "I like to travel in a gold-plated taxi that can turn on a sixpence-whatever that...
...role in a Dublin raid. The Tans burned Catholic homes and even fired into a crowd at a football game, killing twelve and wounding 60. Nothing deterred the gunmen, who pulled off their most spectacular raid on May 25, 1921. The I.R.A.'s Dublin Brigade burned down the custom house, the seat of nine British administrative departments and the local government board...