Word: drawning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fastest qualifier on the first Saturday of qualifications. In pre-qualifying practice sessions Ruby's had been among the fastest cars, and he was a favorite for the $20,000 that accompanies the pole. The order that cars go out to qualify is decided by lot, and Ruby had drawn a number well down on the list. The rains came late in the afternoon, and Ruby never had a chance to qualify his red, white and blue machine. So Lloyd Ruby, a stocky middle aged Texan, prone to one syllable replies, shifted uncomfortably under his Stetson, and looked off camera...
Hence the White House statement widened a dispute that could have been minimized. The Republican Senate leadership was prepared to try to modify Cooper-Church to make it less restrictive. A variation drawn by Minority Leader Hugh Scott would change the amendment so that the President could send forces back into Cambodia if he found it necessary to do so-and if he consulted congressional leaders. After first encouraging this tactic, the White House backed away from it. much to Scott's embarrassment. Republican Senators were irate. Said New Jersey's Clifford Case: "If the President stands...
Still, the student movement could win some victories. It may be vital that it does, for the new spirit of moderation is drawn from a diminishing fund of patience. "If this working through the system doesn't work," says Brandeis University Student David Guc, "then who knows what the next step will be? This is sort of a last chance...
...female surrogates, drawn from the St. Louis area, were considered and trained as part of the therapeutic team. They were enjoined against becoming emotionally involved with, or even seeing, male patients once the two-week treatment ended?and none did. To some critics, the surrogates were nothing other than well-meaning unpaid prostitutes. But Dr. Masters, arguing that "these men are societal cripples," asks: "Does society want them treated? If they are not treated, it is discrimination of one segment of society over another." Surrogates were not supplied for women, since, explains Mrs. Johnson, "in our society, the female...
...memorial services for Reuther and his wife. They included Michigan's Senator Philip Hart, a leading spokesman for consumerism; Sam Brown, the Viet Nam Moratorium organizer; John Gardner, chairman of the National Urban Coalition; and Mrs. Martin Luther King. Probably no other labor leader could have drawn a similar lineup...