Word: elder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lighting effects of the great storm--Brook's style verges on the overenthusiastic, but his instincts manage to save him before style turns into self-indulgence. He doesn't belabor the black-and-white bleakness of the land-scape, just as he doesn't belabor the malice of the elder daughters, or the virtue of the youngest...
...have allowed "voluntary prayer" in the nation's public schools. The national currency declares, "In God We Trust," and each day in the House and Senate commences with prayer. To vote against the idea was, emotionally at least, heretical. But as Utah Representative K. Gunn McKay, a Mormon elder, said, "I do not want Government tampering with my faith." Ohio's Samuel L. Devine replied: "The courts say you can read dirty books but can't pray in school...
...children, in fact, are handling the situation as well as any. Though he could have sent them to any public school in Richmond-the Governor's mansion is excluded from busing plans because it is on state rather than city land-Holton has put his elder daughter, Tayloe, 15, into a high school that is 88% black; Anne, 13, and Woody, 12, attend a middle school 86% black, and Dwight, 5, a school that is 50% black. All seem to have thrived...
...euphemism for Peking's takeover. Last week, not for the first time, there were widespread rumors that Chiang Ching-kuo actually visited the mainland recently for secret talks with the Communists. Officials in Taipei once again denied any possibility of a deal with the mainland, but when the elder Chiang departs, even reunification is not inconceivable...
That bit of hustle by one of the game's elder superstars seemed to turn the Series around for the Pirates-especially in light of what happened next. Cuellar walked Leftfielder Willie Stargell on four straight pitches, moving Clemente to second. Then, with a 1-1 count on First Baseman Bob Robertson, Roberto tried to call a time-out to get the sign straight. Too late. Robertson drove the next pitch into the right centerfield mezzanine for a three-run homer. As Robertson crossed the plate, Stargell exclaimed: "Attaway to bunt!" Bunt? Robertson had missed the bunt sign. Final...