Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter ran through the Democratic pantheon-F.D.R., Harry Truman, John Kennedy-and, in the new spirit of unity, restored Lyndon Johnson to the roll, calling him "a great-hearted Texan, who took office in a tragic hour and who went on to do more than any other President in this century to advance the cause of human rights." Responding, delegates applauded the memory of L.B.J., whose role in a tragic war was never mentioned...
...ticket to wait in line for a pass to get on the floor. There were only 25 passes for all of us. A pass allowed you 20 minutes on the floor. As soon as your time was up you got back in line and waited for an hour or an hour and a half until your turn came again. Once you had your shot you consigned yourself to the bleachers and passed time with the monitor and reporters from WBUR and the Chelsea Clinton news before you could reach the floor for a second time. Once given the baton...
...meeting with students aroused "no great enthusiasm" for more hourlies instead of the three-hour mid-term, according to Chodrow...
...hour into A State Dinner for Queen Elizabeth II, one began to long for the mediating talents of a good film editor working up a show of highlights, which would have lasted about two minutes. To be sure, PBS was operating under restraints. It had been forbidden to show the guests gulping and gnawing, leaving it with more than an hour-long hole right in the middle of the program, which it chose to fill with innocuous studies of the British monarchy's past and future. At times, the severe White House restrictions on camera placement left viewers with...
...upright piano. They also usually omit Porgy's superstitious "Buzzard Song" ("Once de buzzard fold his wing an' light over yo' house/ All yo' happiness done dead") as well as several chunks of the last scene. All that restored material does make for a three-hour-long evening (Houston, wisely perhaps, has reconsidered and scrapped a few of the restorations), but it is well worth the time...