Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trimming fat from Government spending. They would gouge deep into the muscle and bone of the Great Society, gutting programs that the President believes he must have to alleviate the nation's mani fold domestic ills. His reiterated as surance that the U.S. is rich enough to honor its commitments in Viet Nam and fight poverty at home reflects his conviction that regardless of the cost in treasure, the U.S. cannot afford to welsh on either...
...black Rolls-Royce eased to a halt outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, and out stepped the legislature's guest of honor-dressed in a tattered coat, baggy pants with wide suspenders, and a long, lachrymose mouth curved like an inverted halfmoon. The legislature was honoring him with a special resolution offering "warm gratitude for the pleasure he has brought to the world." Replied Clown Emmett Kelly, 68: "I wish I could hug and kiss every woman here and shake hands with every man." Later, Kelly met his match in another seasoned performer, Governor Ronald Reagan, and, after...
...some strong general opinions on two inescapable issues. "It is not progress for the largest, strongest military power in the world to be mired down in an apparently endless war with one of the smallest and weakest countries in the world," she said. Though she wants the U.S. to "honor our commitment" in Viet Nam, she argued that it should be done quickly...
...young widow and mother of two small children, Mrs. Gertraud H. Stewart, who three days later in the Pentagon accepted from Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor the 18th Medal of Honor won in Viet...
...said on the Manhattan Bridge. New York Life eventually decided to give her to New York University. But it was the middle of the Depression-and the cost of a proper tower was prohibitive. At last the director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art offered her a place of honor in his main hall. And there she has remained ever since...