Word: friendliest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kids and the cops were mixing freely. The black cops were friendliest. They told us that they just wanted to go home without getting their heads bashed in, and we tried to explain that that's the way we wanted it too. The young white cops were less inclined to talk, but it was only the older whites-the sergeants and their captains-who were really antagonistic...
...first it was only a tiny speck in the sky. Then, as Astronaut David Scott peered through the window of Apollo 9's orbiting command module, the speck grew into the most ungainly manned craft ever sent into orbit. Said Scott: "You're the biggest, friendliest, funniest-looking spider I've ever seen." He was talking to the lunar module, known as Spider, and it bore two other astronauts who had earlier left Scott to guide it through space. By flying their ship through orbital maneuvers designed to simulate those to be used by astronauts returning from...
Silent Hecklers. Buoyed by the response to his Viet Nam speech-including more than $200,000 in fresh contributions-Humphrey plunged into his first round of genuinely successful campaigning since the convention. Ironically, the Vice President drew his largest and friendliest crowds in the South...
...nearly impossible task of delivering the new museum, largest to be built since Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery, Brown in recent months found himself backed into an impossible situation with the trustees who had bankrolled his dream. "We would have preferred to see Ric go on the friendliest of terms," said one trustee, "probably with a big civic dinner and all flags flying." But Brown, who still rankled at his short tenure, could not resist a farewell blast: "Individual board members have forced decisions and taken unilateral action not consistent with good museum administration." Not so, replied Ed Carter...
...Pick a Card." Gimmicks and gadgetry are not all. The club has an unusually warm atmosphere. "It's the friendliest place I've ever been to," says one recent visitor. "When you stand on the fringe of a group, it opens up to include you." Members, staff, even the bartender patiently introduce people to one another. A cozy fire burns constantly in the air-conditioned bar. Best of all, there are the magicians. The house maintains two strolling legerdemainists, but the member magicians themselves cannot resist trying to fool fellow pros and other guests. One or another...