Word: east
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...music, and he started talking about the ballads of his youth," Ajemian recalls. "Then,all of a sudden, he began to sing - his voice strong, a little creaky , perhaps and certainly less splendid than his oratory, but the words never faltered and he was into this song about The East Bound Train." ("My father is in prison/He's lost his sight, they say/ I'm going to seek his pardon/ This cold December day.") Ajemian's reporting was woven into a cover story by Staff Writer Walter Isaacson, who got out from behind his desk in Manhattan...
...Chat with Arafat Yasser Arafat in his interview with TIME[Aug. 20] rightly implies that the conflict in the Middle East is basically between Jewish lobby dollars and Arab oil wealth. Can any American politician risk alienating either? As long as the legitimate aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians are ignored, the Middle East will remain a powder...
...hope Britain will not follow that peculiar Americanism known as affirmative action, in order to help immigrants. Such programs exacerbate a feeling of resentment among the majority population and can only exacerbate the immigrants' inferiority complex. Sean O' Sullivan East Peckham, England...
...years as a member of its board of directors?has exerted a steady pressure on U.S. conservation and parks policy. Adams' limited-edition book Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail (1938) helped persuade Franklin D. Roosevelt to shepherd a bill through Congress that turned the Kings Canyon area of east-central California into a national park...
...Masterson sprucing up in Dodge City? Gosh, no, this is an urban cowboy on Manhattan's Upper East Side. But the scene could have taken place in almost any American city, east or west of the Pecos. High-stepping city slickers everywhere are discovering that cowboy boots go just as well with a pinstripe suit, a satin disco outfit or designer jeans as they do with a pair of saddle-worn chaps and Levi's. Al Martinez, co-owner of Manhattan's To Boot boutique, has even outfitted an 85-year-old grandmother. Says he: "Sales...