Word: ducked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...against it publicly. Philip joined other Catholic and Protestant clergy and laymen in picketing and pray-ins at the homes of Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara and at Fort Myers, Va. Then, in October 1967, Philip and three other men poured a mixture of human, calf's and duck's blood on Selective Service files
...worst of all, the masking of the real problems within the military. Anyone with his eyes half open cannot fail to see that you cannot maintain an elite corps of professionals with poverty-level pay. Fringe benefits like psychedelic fun and games are just another Madison Avenue approach to duck the issues...
Matthew's ordeal began last Oct. 10, when a bat flew into his bedroom and bit the sleeping child on the thumb. Determining from tests that the bat was rabid, doctors began almost immediately to administer vaccine made from rabies virus grown in duck embryos and then killed. For 15 days, they injected massive doses of the serum into the muscles of Matthew's abdomen, a painful prophylaxis that usually prevents the disease if begun early enough. This time, the effort failed. By the end of October, Matthew complained of muscular stiffness and dizziness; by early November...
...Hallgarten & Co. Now he grosses that much as the bearded and bead-wearing proprietor of Old Stuff, San Francisco's most exclusive junk shop, which he bought in 1969. His inventory runs all the way from a 2nd century Roman glass vial to a vintage 1955 rubber Donald Duck. "My days are enjoyed as a merchant of funk," he boasts. "What I like about it is selling tangibles instead of intangibles...
...murder changes complex human relationships. The color (particularly the late-Hitchcockesque blues) is more florid than ever, and there are two scenes that can only be described as amazing: one involving a dinner at a bourgeois French family's home, the other featuring the carving of a duck...