Word: furor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Detroit's caveats about the troublesome effects of legislated auto safety standards all but faded away after President Johnson signed the Highway Safety Act last September.* Now, though the first set of federal standards, which will be mandatory for 1968 models, are not due until next January, the furor is being revived-this time on the European front...
...sculptor's chisel and revived the ancient art of carving directly in stone and wood, producing massive, well-rounded figures that found their way into leading museums and even into some less exalted shrines, most notably Radio City Music Hall, which in 1932 stirred an artistic furor by rejecting his Spirit of the Dance as "too nude" for its lobby, finally reinstated it; of a heart attack; in Bath, Maine...
Stamps account for about 40% of the industry's business, two weeks ago announced sales up 2% for the first nine months, to $248 million. That statistic does not reflect much of the current anti-stamp furor; many retailers who might be inclined to drop them are unable to do so until contracts expire...
...intensity of the campaign between Bellotti and Richardson reflects their knowledge that defeat would be tantamount to oblivion. For weeks they have engaged in charges and countercharges in daily newspaper advertisements. Last week in a furor over a supposed conflict of interest dating back to Bellotti's days as lieutenant governor, Richardson charged that Bellotti was "morally insensitive" while Bellotti claimed that Richardson was an "immoral candidate." It is virtually the only contest in which the candidates have recognized each other's existence...
...always been the insurance scandal. Three weeks ago Levander added sensational new fuel to a fire Republicans have been stoking for the last year and a half. He demanded the Rolvaag explain a $2000 campaign check from the notorious American Allied insurance empire dated January, 1965 -- just before the furor began...