Word: fresh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public issue, with all its confusions, turmoil and intensity, and trying to pull together the human resources to deal with it." That pleasure was put to the test last week, as Rockefeller withstood the most intense interrogation of his career, covering almost every possible substantive issue and personal idiosyncrasy. Fresh from its impeachment triumph, the committee was plainly determined to outdo its Senate counterpart, the Rules Committee, in dissecting the Rockefeller persona and finding out what makes it tick. Rockefeller, on the other hand, was no less concerned with clearing his name of any hint of scandal or conflict...
...very fresh breeze. He's the kind of man I could talk to. A blind trust is the most he can do, except declare himself a pauper and give away everything...
...Sion* nun whose doctoral research on the subject provided considerable material for the A.J.C. report, says that Spain is by far the worst offender. There the legend of Domingo del Val, a choirboy allegedly crucified in the 13th century by Jews who hated his hymn singing, is still fresh. Sister Despina says that the chorister-patron saint of Spanish choirboys-never existed, and that the first documented reference to him dates only from 1587. Yet the cathedral of Zaragoza, she notes, has a brightly lit chapel to the young saint and a cross with him upon...
...auctioned off to members three of the union's Cadillac limousines. Even as he planned to raise the incomes of U.M.W. members, he declined to adopt a princely life-style at their expense. Unlike most U.S. union chiefs, who rose through a series of headquarters jobs, Miller carried fresh in his mind the memories of rank-and-file travails. Just two years before, he had been down working in the mines, and on the eve of his ascent to power he had been supporting a family of four with part-time jobs and a $106-a-month war-disability...
...field goals in bunches had come to dominate the game. In the offseason, owners tried to increase excitement by moving the goal posts back 10 yds. and making other revisions to rejuvenate the offense. The changes have succeeded to some extent, but what the N.F.L. really needed was some fresh heroes, new contenders and a tight race to the Super Bowl instead of Miami's usual romp. So far, it has all three...