Word: feathered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...late 1780s, every influential western leader was "publicly proclaiming his loss of faith in the national government." Separatist plans were rife: one scheme set up the state of Franklin, complete with constitution and elected governor. In Washington's phrase, "the touch of a feather" might have turned the frontier to independence, or even to an alliance with Great Britain...
...from the Globe." By last week newspapers all over the U.S. were busy adding new "pressies" to an already interminable list. Samples: "I'm Rich, from the Advertiser." "Sign, of the Times." "Cash, from the Register." "Jefferson, of the Constitution." "Flat, from the Press." "Weary, of the World." "Feather, from the Eagle." "Twinkle, from the Star." "Left, at the Post." "Glass, of the Mirror." "Kane, of the Citizen...
...artful dodger, apt to tumble or leap in the air just as the gun is fired. After many a fruitless hour, some hunters begin firing vaguely in the neighborhood of the doves, hoping for a stray hit. Whole boxes of shells can be fired without ruffling a feather...
...about half of its 2.8 million quota, and California can go on swallowing Arizona's unused share of the river. In the decade or more that it will take Arizona to acquire facilities for diverting its full quota, California will have had time to complete the $1.7 billion Feather River project for bringing water from northern California to the arid south...
Featherbedding is a business malaise in many parts of the world, but in Latin America it is a hallowed institution enjoyed by the participants, cheered by the masses and endorsed by the politicians. Now the feather beds are getting softer than ever...