Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...About an hour later, 50 white youths vandalized cars outside the Gavin Middle School. Later in the morning police arrested one of a group of white youths gathered in front of South Boston High School...
...less-than-dynamic duo of Van Winitsky and Rayni Fox before a few bored passers-by. Then the crowd started pouring out of the stadium when the final featured match of the day ended. It was time to leave--the night session would start in little more than an hour...
...hour-long ecumenical service in Westminster Abbey was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Donald Coggan. He eulogized Lord Mountbatten for his "high enthusiasm and liberality of spirit, his integrity and flair for leadership, his dedication to the cause of freedom and justice ... He was so rare a person." After the buglers had sounded the last post and reveille, the coffin was taken to Waterloo Station for the final journey to Romsey, 87 miles southwest of London. There, in accordance with his wishes, Mountbatten was buried on the grounds of a 12th century abbey, his body facing...
Much of the last-minute spending is for research and consulting contracts, even though a lot of the work could be done more cheaply by the agencies themselves. As the witching hour approaches, Government bureaus also pour out money in grants. The Department of Housing and Urban Development gave about $5 billion in grants in August 1978; the figure in September was $20 billion...
Still, eliminating the ritual will be difficult even with the best of will. Two years ago, former HEW Secretary Joseph Califano put out a tough warning against an eleventh-hour spree. Later studies showed that 77% of Califano's printing budget for his own Office of the Secretary was spent in, yes, September...