Word: feds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people did not all look well-dressed or well-fed. Many of the children, even some of those being marched in school groups on the road itself, were without shoes, and their clothes were often shabby and patched. They looked, on the whole, distinctly thin. The adults mostly wore plain, sleeveless white shirts, which lent an air of brightness to the city that it badly needed...
Located in the heart of Tidewater Virginia, the 1,400-acre farm is hardly distinguishable from its neighbors along the James River. There are fields of soybeans, corn and peanuts; well-fed cattle roam the pastures. Only its name seems special: "Flowerdew Hundred" has survived almost intact since 1618 when it was chosen by its first owner, Governor Sir George Yeardley, in honor of his wife, Temperance Flowerdieu ("hundred" is an old English land division). But now Flowerdew Hundred has acquired unexpected fame: within its boundaries, diggers have discovered the remains of one of the earliest English plantations...
...rescue missions is the almost universally required attendance at worship services, a sort of sing-for-your-supper attitude But mission directors insist that their spiritual work is far more important than the food and shelter they offer "Christ spoke to 5,000 people all day before he fed them," says Jerry Dunn. "If a man is really hungry we will feed him, but we don't apologize for requiring attendance at worship. If we don't give them a foundation to build their lives on, we give them nothing...
...week when he began preparing for U.S.C.'s next opponent, Washington State. Armed with a battery of movie projectors, McKay and his eight assistants spent an entire day studying State game films, making elaborate diagrams of every player's move on every play. The data was then fed into a computer, which produced a printout of the team's reactions-and their weaknesses-in any given situation. McKay then spent the better part of his 80-hour work week devising the precise, detailed game plan that has become the U.S.C. trademark. The best evidence that McKay...
Though birth rates are declining, and merchants to the spoon-fed set are facing hard times, one fairly young company is beating the baby slump. Britain's Mothercare, Ltd., started in 1961 by Chairman Selim Zilkha, runs a unique chain of one-stop, self-service supermarkets that sell maternity wares and everything that a baby needs from cradle through kindergarten. Zilkha's 143 shops spread across England to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is opening two more stores this month and plans another 120 shops in Britain. Zilkha, whose ambition is to become the global king...