Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Garden City, L.I., where Nassau County Executive Eugene Nickerson-the grandson of an Anglican clergyman-hailed her as the "happy crusader," and tacky Gaelic Park, a sometimes Irish hurling field in The Bronx, where she greeted the crowd in Gaelic and said that money was pouring in so fast "we haven't had time to count...
...West Germany, for instance, more to meet political needs than strictly military ones. Although he places little credence in talk of detente with the Russians,* he does not rule out an eventual pullback from Europe. Technical developments in military transportation, such as the C-5A aircraft and fast supply vessels, give the U.S. increased capability for keeping a larger part of its forces at home while still being able to react quickly to an overseas emergency. When President Nixon talks about maintaining the U.S. as a Pacific power, most strategists translate that to mean air and sea rather than ground...
...flaps as loosely (and engagingly) as the gossip columns of a small-town newspaper. The author obediently follows the ancient code of the village novelist. Her spinsters come in only two styles: dotty or drunk. Her clergyman predictably wrestles with doubt. The young girls are either uptight virgins or "fast." Most of the time the novel seems to take place-and to be written-around the turn of the century...
...Angeles, he gravely announced: "I deeply regret having to retire, but as they say, there are some things that are inevitable -like death, taxes and retirement from professional sports. The elasticity is gone from my arm, and I haven't been able to throw a good fast ball all year. I couldn't stand to be a four-inning pitcher, and that's just about all I'm good for now." Appearing with Drysdale, Manager Walt Alston wept unashamedly. "I'm sure I owe as much to Drysdale," he said, "as I owe any individual...
...carrier, the all-terrain vehicles are 7 ft. long, weigh between 400 Ibs. and 500 Ibs. and cost about $1,500. At least twelve companies are now manufacturing models that run on 7-h.p. to 20-h.p. engines for up to five hours without refueling. They can cruise as fast as 35 m.p.h. on the open road, traverse ice, sand, mud and rocks at 15 m.p.h., and make better than three knots in water. Their fiber-glass bodies can absorb excruciating punishment, and their oversize (11-in. by 20-in.) tires, inflated to only...