Word: gifts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pull of an invisible bit, as ambition tugs at the reins before the final hurdle. Or we may be influenced by the frailty of Governor Agnew, who has committed so many indiscretions in so short a span of time that his capacity for them must be ascribed to a gift rather than a vice. The Agnew and the ecstasy...
Lost in the Crowd. Once more Mickey was good, but Gibson was great. He struck out seven of the first 23 men he faced, allowed only three hits and no runs. Then Mickey was given another unexpected gift, this time by St. Louis' Curt Flood, generally accepted as one of the game's best outfielders. In the top of the seventh inning, with two Tigers on base, Detroit's Jim Northrup hit a deep but routine line drive to centerfield. Flood momentarily lost the ball against the white-shirted crowd, found it, then stumbled and watched...
...seems to me that it is a great gift for all reactionary forces in the world and so we cannot foresee the consequences of this action...
...REFORM. Nixon pledges to keep the controversial 27½% oil-depletion allowance, which Humphrey says should be reexamined. Humphrey favors closing loopholes in income, estate and gift taxes. He has urged a "minimum income tax" for the wealthy, no matter how many tax shelters they enjoy...
...whatever level they were. They were kids themselves. So they were ours and they were us. A certain pride in being young--they were the first real bloom of the sub-culture of youth--a sense of community, a feeling of joy and liberation. All were, in part, the gift of the Beatles...