Word: hollows
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hollow Schools. South Carolina's TV binge is drastic-as well it might...
...catch up, South Carolina is pouring money into its schools: 50% of every tax dollar now goes to education, and 80% of all pupils are in new classrooms. But the schools are "hollow," as one official puts it. Supported by the nation's third lowest per-capita income ($1,397), they can pay classroom teachers an average of only $3,760 a year, against the U.S. average of $5,527. As a result, South Carolina is critically short of able teachers...
...Hollow Boast. Fanfani's severe case of presidential fever was finally cured by six Cabinet members who threatened to quit if the Premier did not abandon his ambitions. Fanfani then released the 40-odd votes he controlled. As applause greeted the tally that clinched Segni's election, Fanfani stared sullenly into the television camera. Taking defeat more gracefully was Segni's closest open opponent, moderate Social Democrat Giuseppe Saragat, who, as a partner in the government coalition, may be named Foreign Minister to fill Segni's now vacant position...
...Party Boss Palmiro Togliatti cried: "When it comes to choosing a President, we are the ones who choose." Last week, after the Reds backed Saragat in a futile maneuver aimed at pulling him farther left than Centrist Fanfani would be willing to go, the Communist boast had turned hollow...
...Middle Ages, The Hidden Fortress relates the adventures of five people who are trapped in an enemy province with a fortune in gold that is hidden inside several hundred hollow branches. This gold is all that remains of the wealth of the Akizukis, a noble house recently deposed in civil war. The Akizuki princess (dressed in tight blouse and bulky shorts) and her loyal general (half-shaven but infinitely courageous) travel with the gold-filled faggots. Two peasant refugees and a woman saved from prostitution do the manual labor...