Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that point, New York Republican Jacob Javits showed young Bobby a bit of fancy footwork. He noted that Bobby had not bothered to name the 13 counties. Bobby agreed that this might be a good idea, amended his amendment. Javits also pointed out that, as in all Appalachian-aid states, any program in New York would require consultation with and the approval of the Governor. Again Bobby agreed, sent up another amendment to his amendment. With that, it passed by a voice vote. Bobby made a round of the chamber, accepting handshakes and congratulations. But, thanks to Javits...
...Investigation last week held open hearings into bribery charges by Mayor Robert Wagner against Democratic State Chairman William McKeon. After two days the commission threw up its hands, made no findings or recommendations, decided merely to send a transcript on to Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Even that, insisted Commission Chairman Jacob Grumet, should not lead to the inference "that we believe a crime has been committed...
Skiing & Taxes. Basically, the formula is the one on which John Jacob Astor rode to riches more than a cen tury ago as the No. 1 landlord of Manhattan: buy land in the path of population expansion and profit from its development or sale at soaring prices. Accordingly, most of today's corporate involvement lies in the West or South west. In Southern California, nine industrial companies are building or planning projects embracing 319 sq. mi. Since land is the world's only major commodity in fixed supply, while population constantly rises, investment in land...
...interested to read the critiques of Dr. Martin Luther King's civil rights work by Jacob Brackman and Ellen Lake, but I regretted that neither writer had even tried to give a balanced picture of the man. In my opinion, Dr. King would like to be first a minister of God, second an American, third a Negro, and fourth (and a rather low fourth) a social revolutionary. Others might not agree with this order, but many would probably agree that Dr. King will be best remembered (like many other Peace Prize winners) for what he has said, rather than...
...Jacob Brackman's "Bad Focused Slides With Sound" suffers too from a clipped, somewhat short hand style, but only because his piece is by far the most ambitious and interesting in the magazine. He attempts to write not about a day but a generation, not about one person but a boy's divergence from his family...