Word: exits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...book in question is U.S. Novelist Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn, a stomach-turning homosexual excursion, which the British government refused to act against on the theory that the book probably had literary merit. Balderdash, retorted Sir Cyril Black, a Conservative M.P., friend of Evangelist Billy Graham and watchdog of British public morals...
...great was the tension aboard the plane during the flight back to Washington, according to Manchester, that after Air Force One landed at the capital, Kenny O'Donnell, one of the late President's oldest friends, literally blocked the exit when Lyndon Johnson tried to leave with Jacqueline. A fork lift was rolled up to the plane to remove Kennedy's casket, and Jackie stepped aboard with other members of the late President's party. O'Donnell prevented Johnson from riding down with the group...
...waves. With horror, crew members reported that the cars and trucks on the auto deck were about to break from their flimsy moorings. Sure enough, they did, cascading into the ship's sides. Worst of all, a huge 16-ton trailer truck was improperly parked by the bow exit. Each time the ship pitched, it rammed against the door. Finally, the door gave way and in spilled the Aegean waters. Radioed the Heraklion: "S O S. We are sinking...
...influx of people. There are always disputes about who should pay for access roads to the new city. For example, a four-lane highway runs through Reston linking Dulles Airport and Washington. But no one can get on or off at Reston. The Federal government insists that an exit or entrance at Reston would slow down traffic on a road heavily traveled by Government officials and foreign dignitaries...
...sets also helped solve problems with blocking. If a character had to exit, he often just fell off the stage...