Word: grouping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Abraham Denver This memorial should not be built in remembrance of only one religious or ethnic group. Millions of Poles, Russians, French, Dutch, Italians, Greeks, Germans and other Europeans were murdered by the Nazis. It should be dedicated to all these souls...
...students serving managerial stints in a nonprofit, Boston-based organization founded to promote "handson" engineering technology in North American schools. The Detroit manufacturers usually contribute not merely the testing site but also special testing equipment and engineers who serve as judges. James Paisley of GM's product planning group and his partner, John A. Nattress of the University of Florida, are scheduled to review the experimental-car contestants on something called "costs to the consumer." The bemused car owner finds Paisley and Nattress hard at work on the line evaluating a front-wheel-drive, hydrogen-powered, hydraulic-assisted entry...
...back in Brooklyn during the Depression blocked him from entering Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He had to settle for N.Y.U., because his father, an up-and-down entrepreneur from Winnipeg, ran out of money. Rosenthal graduated summa, made an early splash on Wall Street, joined a group that took over a then bedraggled Citizens, and became its chief at 30. In the 34 years since then, the company has raised its profits and dividends every year...
...sextet is the ruling clan of that realm; they have sold some 9 million albums and made songs like Macho Man, Y.M.C.A. and In the Navy into nocturnal national anthems. Now the beat goes on, for a onetime back-up singer named Ray Simpson has been promoted to the group, joining Cowboy Randy Jones, Construction Worker David Hodo, Indian Felipe Rose, Motorcyclist Glenn Hughes and G.I. Alex Briley. Simpson came along in perfect 4/4 time: shooting has just begun on the People's first film, You Can't Stop the Music, co-starring Bruce Jenner and Valerie Perrine...
...N.A.A.C.P.'s voter program. The percentage of voter turnout in the U.S., especially among the young, is steadily declining. Madison points out that of the 3.4 million blacks age 18 to 24 in 1976, 38% registered and only 26% voted. Of the 23 million whites in that age group, 53% registered and 45% voted. Legislation to enroll all teen-age voters is under consideration in 20 states...