Word: fell
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SEPTEMBER 1967 fell between two summers of racial tension and violence in America's inner cities. Increasing pride and rising expectations among blacks were chafing against the reality of living conditions in ghettos like Watts and Harlem. In 1967 there were riots in Detroit. In 1968 the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. marked an end to restraint, and the hell that broke loose that summer in Watts and the poor sections of other American cities made a lasting impression on the millions of Americans who watched the trashing on the six o'clock news. The tension released that summer...
...Diego decision will undoubtedly add to the caution in other Protestant denominations now struggling with the problem. The Presbyterians' own perplexity is far from over. The statement fell short of ordering presbyteries not to ordain, and last week the 30-year-old Silver said that he hopes to arrange a call to an experimental ministry in Manhattan...
...Adam Clayton Powell Jr. later made famous. He started playing the harmonium when he was six, and his proud father took him to Carnegie Hall to hear Paderewski, hoping that Fats would become a classical pianist. Waller had other ideas, however, and when he was in his teens, he fell under the tutelage of Willie ("the Lion...
...operating costs soar. Once noted for well-built, moderately priced autos, Volvo was forced to increase its prices until its top-of-the-line 264GL, at $10,500, is nearly as expensive as a Cadillac Coupe De Ville. Volvo sales have slumped globally, and last year profits fell 40%, to $79 million...
America's tolerance for this tale has been lamentably low. Sales of Gulag II fell far behind the bestselling Gulag I. Many of the books' best-intentioned buyers have lacked the stamina to hear Solzhenitsyn out to the end. Harper & Row's postponement of further publication was apparently designed to provide readers with a respite before tackling the final volume...