Word: felted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latest battle triggered an exchange of protests. Moscow for the first time warned that it now was "compelled to take additional measures against the actions of the Chinese authorities." Diplomats in Moscow felt that the stern language was intended to signal that the Soviets were strengthening their border patrols and would retaliate vigorously against any future attacks...
...pointedly denied one. When the state bar association held its annual gathering in 1968, he was not invited to speak-though the Ole Miss law school dean is traditionally a major figure on the program. The trustees began screening his faculty appoint ments, vetoing some of the men he felt would be most valuable. Morse did little for his cause with his abrasive, arrogant approach toward the old guard. He called one influential legislator a "rednecked lawyer...
Sacred Outsiders. Even without the complaints of the rebels, the bishops heard some disturbing news about the state of Europe's lower clergy from a poll that had been taken to help in their deliberations. Dutch Monsignor Jan Dellepoort reported that in every European nation priests felt like "sacred outsiders, estranged from society." Many were undergoing grave crises of conscience over the wisdom or necessity of celibacy. The bishops were also aware of figures that the Vatican had confirmed a week earlier: in 1968 alone, 2,263 priests had requested release from the obligation of celibacy...
...Chicago in the late 1940s, he blazed the interview show trail with a questing curiosity, melodious baritone voice, quiet manner, and a mind like spun glass-intricate but clear. Plus, of course, thick-rimmed glasses that gave a whole generation of imitators that owlish look. After 1961, when he felt compelled to quit because of his wife's death, he became just a memory. Yet even today, when a videophile hears a few bars of Sentimental Journey, Garroway's theme, the response can only be the Garroway greeting ("Hello, Old Tiger") or farewell ("Peace...
...speak very indirectly and address their remarks to a third person. Pretty crafty of them, but it puts a gap in between you and them. I wanted to ask one of them. I wanted to ask one of them. I wanted to ask one of them if he felt like becoming a hippie...