Word: hand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that debate did little to resolve the issues at hand, which was not surprising, since the conflict between free speech and perceived pornography is one of the great civil libertarian conundrums of our time. Those in the skin trade take full advantage of the public confusion, Chan among them. Even as the Crimson debated, Chan placed an ad in the Boston Globe and was himself profiled in the paper's Living section. "I got censored. I felt very sad about that," he told the Globe ingenuously. "I never thought it would happen here at Harvard, where presumably people think...
...slowing inflation. The Government's efforts to moderate consumer spending without bringing on a recession are showing mixed results. January housing starts fell 20% from the previous month to 1 6 million units, in part because of bitter winter weather in much of the country. On the other hand, major retailers such as J.C. Penney and Sears reported double-digit sales gains in January, and auto sales in the first ten days of February were 15% higher than a year ago. The consumer buying spree, the inflationary rises in the price of energy, the gloomy prospects of higher import...
...biggest TV audience in history. Brezhnev said let Teng put that in his cowboy hat. Learned scholars and Richard Nixon pointed out how football was a game that symbolized the essence of the American character. The Americans practiced in a veritable frenzy of patriotism. Terry Bradshaw strengthened his passing hand by squeezing the milk out of coconut shells. "No more Mr. Nice Guy," vowed Mean Joe Greene. O.J. Simpson promised he would play, gimpy leg or no, and jumped over two Avis sedans and three account executives...
...great day, the Superdome was crammed with superpatriots. Barry Goldwater was on the 50-yard line with a flag in each hand. The Soviets' water boy put down his bucket and sang The Internationale. Rozelle retaliated massively by fielding the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to sing The Star-Spangled Banner...
...Soviet pressed a Marxist tract into Lambert's hand. "It is written," he said, "that winning isn't the only thing−it is everything...