Word: gardners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sign currently in the window of the shop expalins that "in recent extended negotiations with Gardner Ackley, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Willard Wirtz, secretary of Labor, were we persuaded not to aggravate the current inflationary trends in the national economy? Yes! Haircut prices shall remain the same...
...Secretary John Gardner took the setbacks with equanimity, described them as "an outburst of resentment, but not a decisive one." Other Administration officials were more disturbed. Said Office of Education Official David Seeley: "This may be the turning point similar to that after the Civil War, when the nation turned its back on the Negro...
Among the stars dimmed for the occasion are George C. Scott and Ava Gardner as Abraham and Sarah, the ancient barren pair who crawl abed hopefully cooing Songs of Solomon. Peter O'Toole, as three Angels of the Lord, smites Sodom in triplicate, terrorizing hordes of extras, who, as usual, do their best to make transcendental evil shine through gaudy sequins and gobs of purple eye shadow. Any characters who are at all respectable converse with a vengeful Deity mainly by lifting eyes skyward, and the pauses throb with crashing drums, heavenly choirs and bird song-everything, in fact...
...group will examine the tribe's values, its worries, its ambitions, and its concept of self-identity. "We want to find out what gives them satisfaction living in a harsh landscape doing such arduous tasks," Gardner said...
...Gardner emphasized that the success of his study depends on the group being accepted as part of the tribe. To do this they will spend six months wandering across the semi-desert plains of Nigeria with a band of fifteen to twenty Fulani. They will eat Fulani food, dress according to tribal custom, and probably even herd sheep...