Word: forward
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...legacy in the future? In his first speech after the murder in Los Angeles of Brother Robert, Edward Moore Kennedy proclaimed: "Like my three brothers before me, I pick up a fallen standard. Sustained by the memory of our priceless years together, I shall try to carry forward that special commitment to justice, to excellence, to courage that distinguished their lives." (See pictures of intimate moments with the Kennedys...
...driver goes onto the bridge at exactly the same angle he has been traveling, he will automatically wind up in the water. Kennedy's car, in fact, got only 18 feet onto the bridge before plunging into the pond. Locals recommend stopping altogether before leaving the road, then inching forward at 5 m.p.h. Kennedy informed the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which suspended his license last week pending its own administrative investigation, that he had been going 20 m.p.h. There is no tangible evidence to dispute his figure, and there were no skid marks to indicate that Kennedy had braked...
Mary Jo had been looking forward to the weekend on Martha's Vineyard. It meant seeing her old friends from the Boiler Room, perhaps playing some nostalgic games of touch football and having yet another chance to root for a Kennedy. She had never worked directly for Ted Kennedy. In fact, some of her friends remember that, in comparison with his brothers, Ted Kennedy was not an idol to Mary Jo Kopechne...
...deduction allowances. Heeding widespread taxpayer resentment over the disclosure that 155 persons with incomes over $200,000 paid no taxes at all in 1967, Ways and Means approved a "minimum tax" plan that would require everyone to pay taxes on at least half his income. Combining proposals put forward by both the Johnson and Nixon administrations, the plan modifies the exemptions on capital gains and municipal-bond interest and eliminates the tax shelter provided by hobby-farm losses...
Ironically, the film has less to say when the stars step forward. Their visit with the hippies is sticky and overlong; only the owner of a motorcycle or a gasoline company could remain entranced by the endless sequences of Wyatt and Billy throttling down endless roads. Moreover, the riders often lack perspective on themselves. Their "search for America" is rather like eyes looking for a face; they are part of what they seek...