Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mayoral election, Humphrey brought about a lasting merger of the rival Democratic and Minnesota Farm er-Labor parties. He won the mayoralty in his second try at age 34. A Minneapolis newspaper reported at the time: "He seems to be a wonderful and meteoric young man, bouncy and gay, built on springs, with a fierce face and pleasant young grin. He puts firecrackers under everything." After two explosively successful terms as a reform mayor, Humphrey became the first Democrat ever popularly elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota...
...gay nursery chair, designed by London Royal College of Art Graduate Peter Murdoch, is now on sale at Bloomingdale's, Neiman-Marcus and some 20 specialty shops. Made by the International Paper Co., the cylindrical-shaped chair consists of five layers of paper coated with a thin layer of plastic, is only one-sixteenth of an inch thick and weighs an incredibly light 3 Ibs. The chair will support up to 500 Ibs. Designer Murdoch claims that it is almost impossible to break. The throw-away price...
...Saturday's singles matches, Harvard players swept by Yale in three straight victories, discouraging the Yale racquetmen so much that they didn't bother to contend for the doubles matches. Princeton's team, captained by their top squash player Burt Gay, added to the rout with a close win over the Yalles...
...only Harvard loss of the day, senior Louis Bailey narrowly dropped to Princeton's Gay. Bailey led 5-3 in the opening exchanges of the first set, until Gay's serve suddenly developed force to drop Bailey, 6-5. In the second match, Bailey came from behind to turn the tables and upset Gay, 5-6, but Gay's endurance proved itself in the final round to swing the match for the Tigers with a 6.2 score...
...easily disposed of price of $1 will be Scott Paper Co.'s easily disposable paper dress. Made of a flexible triple-ply, fire-resistant paper reinforced with rayon scrim, the dress is a sleeveless shift with two pockets, comes in four sizes and a choice of design-gay bandanna print or eye-arresting...