Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When antiwar hecklers interrupted him outside Cleveland, the Vice President dismissed them as "damn fools." He introduced Emmett Kelly, the clown, as "Nixon's campaign manager and economic adviser." Pointing to a nearby statue of William McKinley, he sniped: "That represents as much forward movement as the opposition's ever had." When Humphrey loosed a fusillade at Nixon during an A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Minneapolis, a happy worker bellowed: "Give 'em hell, Hubie!" Answered the Vice President: "What do you think I'm doing...
...goose guard is still an experiment. If it works, honkers will be assigned to other allied installations; if it does not, the troopers can look forward to some tasty pate. During the two months the geese have been on duty, not a Communist has made a try for the bridge. But they may soon be obsolete. The U.S. command is thinking of replacing them with guinea fowls, considered to be even more cantankerous and noisy about their territorial imperatives...
...vast majority of cases of Parkinson's disease, or "shaking palsy," physicians cannot be sure what originally caused the nerve damage that results in the patient's tremor, muscle rigidity, forward-falling posture, hasty gait and "pill-rolling" movements of the fingers. As with most diseases of which the basic causes are unknown, there is a yard-long list of drugs that have been tried; some give modest relief, but all fall far short of cure. Even radical brain surgery usually relieves only some of the symptoms. Now a new drug has been found that is more effective...
...over in 30 seconds. Springing forward, Taiho ducked low, grasped Takamiyama in a sukuinage, or "scooping throw," dumped him on the ground. Takamiyama was not at all dismayed by his defeat. Nor were the critics. The Tokyo newspaper Hochi Shimbun predicted that Jesse Kuhaulua will win the sumo championship "within a couple of years...
...offense, however, bubbles with strong shooters and quick wings. Charlie Thomas, a center forward from Gambia who scored 27 goals in prep school last year and logged 20 assists, will lead the Crimson attack. At inside he can expect more than adequate support in Phil Kydes, Chris Alexoupolis, Skip Marotta, or maybe Bill Bennett...