Word: eighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...otherwise be a dull or pompous occasion. Shortly after he took the oath, for instance, he noted that his favorite tune was Hail to the Chief. He had never, he added, had better seats for a parade than at the Inaugural march. "Of course, I sent for my seats eight years ago." When he was about to return to the Executive Mansion for his first night in residence, he concluded: "They've given me the key to the White House, and I have to go home and see if it fits...
SOME time in the night, the eleven men-eight Jews, two Moslems and a Christian-were secretly hanged in their prison in Baghdad. Then their bodies, clad in the red jail uniform of the doomed, were hauled by truck to downtown Liberation Square, where a set of wooden gallows had been hastily constructed to display them. Next morning Baghdadis awoke to martial music and the shrill cries of loudspeakers and radio, urging them to take the day off to view the executed "Israeli spies." For those who could not make the trip, the government ordered the medieval sight broadcast...
...reason may be that its tough-talking Negro principal, Joseph Dulin, 33, believes in confronting students before they confront him. "Damn you, nigger," he exploded at a student recently. "You stole them gloves. Now I'm gonna give you ten minutes to get them back to me." Eight minutes passed. Then the petrified freshman was back, sheepishly handing over the gloves. "These people are your family, don't you know that?" Dulin lectured the boy. "We got a family here. Help me, brother, why don't you help...
...residents. The building's 705 apartments, ranging from a one-bedroom, $220-a-month unit on the 45th floor to a three-bedroom, $775 spread on the 92nd, give residents breathtaking views and the distinction of being the world's most rarefied apartment dwellers. The top eight floors will house restaurants, an observation deck and air conditioning and other machinery...
...suffered lesser work injuries or illnesses. Beyond the incalculable toll they took in pain and suffering, job-related accidents and ailments cost workers $1.5 billion in lost wages and deprived industry of $5 billion in production, an amount larger than the annual output of all but the eight biggest U.S. manufacturers...