Word: dreamed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MOON PONY by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Loretta Trezzo (Young Scott Books; $3.95). One of the best of an increasing number of picture books that depart from the usual white, middle-class background. This one is about a Negro child's dream of a ride to the moon on a white pony. It preserves the delicate balance between the real world and the imaginary...
...short, McNamara achieved President Truman's frustrated dream of unifying and centrally controlling the armed services. But this was not accomplished without heavy political costs--particularly on Capitol Hill, where many Congressmen preferred to deal with the services individually. It is likely that the political debits that McNamara accumulated in fulfilling this revolutionary task made him, after seven years of infighting, something of a liability in President Johnson's eyes...
...feet bloodied, her hair blowing, Eliza jumped from ice floe to ice floe, not stopping until, "as in a dream," she had left Kentucky behind and found herself safe on the Ohio side of the Ohio River. Contrary to the myth ic and dramatic versions of folklore, Harriet Beecher Stowe's heroine was not actually pur sued by bloodhounds...
...teeny-weeny bit," and argues that his disinclination is so pervasive that he makes "Sherman look like a lightweight." But when he met Governor Ronald Reagan for the first time, the conservative Californian said the liberal New Yorker simply had to be considered a potential candidate. Perhaps a dream ticket of Ronnie and Johnny uniting the coasts and the party's wings? (Or could it be Johnny and Ronnie?) "That's more than a dream," said Lindsay, "that's a nightmare...
...frame. In all, he is quite a change from the routine succession of organization men he succeeds. "This is not a Carl Stokes victory," he said when the results were in, "not a vote for a man but a vote for a program, for a visionary dream of what our city can become." He added softly: "I can say to you that never before have I ever known the full meaning of the words 'God Bless America...