Word: descendents
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...from whence this outrageous outburst of outgushings? The flushings of my toilet training stage that now descend upon my head, the leavings...
Duncan, a onetime merchant seaman who narrowly lost to Republican Senator Mark Hatfield in 1966, vowed early "not to descend to personalities." As Morse gained ground, however, Duncan bitterly suggested that the Senator might be waging "the first million-dollar campaign in Oregon's history." A strong supporter of the President's war policies, Duncan was robbed of his chief issue against Morse when the Paris talks started...
...announcement, all the clan from Rose to Freckles, the Senator's Irish spaniel, has swarmed across the landscape to pursue voters. While Brother-in-Law Stephen Smith and Brother Teddy manage campaign logistics and strategy, Sisters Jean and Pat, Sister-in-Law Joan and Cousin Polly Fitzgerald descend upon the distaff electorate. Materfamilias Rose is one of the wonders of the campaign. "Look at those legs," marveled a 70-year-old man in Los Angeles. Bobby kids her by telling audiences: "My mother has worked in every campaign since McKinley...
...orange and grapefruit growers are getting not only advice but also improved equipment from the Israelis. More than 5,500 Arabs have been put to work patching and widening the Strip's bumpy roads. Another growing source of revenue is the influx of Israeli tourists, who descend on Gaza to snap pictures of rusty Egyptian tanks and other war trophies...
...celebrate its 20th year as a nation -and its victory over the Arabs almost a year ago-Israel this week plans to hold its biggest military pageant. Almost half a million Jews from all parts of the country will descend upon Jerusalem, arriving in some 25,000 cars and 1,000 buses-a quarter of all such vehicles registered in Israel. Lining the streets or packed into bleachers, they will watch 4,000 uniformed Israelis wend their way through both the old and the new city. Jets will fly overhead, Centurion tanks will rumble past the ancient walls...