Word: handedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other hand, in November of 1967 the Greater Laconia-Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce had as its guest speaker the former Vice President, Richard Nixon, a loser in the 1962 California gubernatorial election and more recently a Wall Street lawyer. Nixon was aware of his reduced station. He seemed properly humble as he sat at the head table, listening appreciatively to the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. He even grinned at the jokes told by the chairman of the organizing committee for a forthcoming dinner dance, who went into some detail about preparations, and told his listeners...
...referring to the official U.S. doctrine of having the resources to fight 1½ wars at the same time: a major confrontation with the Soviets in Europe, plus a regional skirmish. Said Nunn: "In the category of tank ammunition designed specifically to destroy other tanks, the Army has on hand about one-fourth of the requirement postulated by the Department of Defense for sustained combat in Europe." In addition, he said, the service is short almost 60,000 wheeled vehicles "required to move ammunition, fuel, wounded soldiers, food, weapons and to support just about every other Army mission...
Rise Gonna Rise describes the part that J.P. Stevens has played in the life of its workers through first hand accounts by the workers and through-documented evidence of corporate mismanagement and corruption. The personal narrative reveals the workers' wariness of unions which they believe would destroy the family like relationship they share with the corporation. Its shows as well the workers phenotypic deference fro a company that employed their forebearers and will continue to be the town's major source of employment in the future. The workers'; worker's words leave the reader with the impression that unionization...
When she finally said, "way 'nough!" I collapsed in my seat, hands blistered and shriveled, and soaked with a combination of river water and sweat. Almost immediately we broke out the booze and paddled back to Weld--oar in one hand, beer in the other--to cheers from the crowd that remained. Only now did I notice that the 1979 Head had been the last race for my sliding seat, which cracked and lost a bolt at the finish line. Somebody was on our side. In fact, we had finished in 19'33", not particularly good for the Championship Eights...
...students seem to be expecting at the same time that the masters will eventually let them do as they please if they only stretch the rules long enough, and that if they ignore the laws, the laws will go away. That doesn't seem likely. On the other hand, the upper classes are not suffering socially; liquor is flowing on Friday afternoons, albeit with a gentle rein...