Word: jim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With evangelical eloquence and a country band, Jim Johnson stumped the state, attacking the "no-win" policy in Viet Nam, the evils of federal handouts, race riots in the big cities, and the "foreign-aid giveaway to every Hottentot country in the world." He promised that, if elected, he would cut taxes, give teachers a $500 pay raise and schoolchildren free textbooks, and bring more industry into the state. He also promised to bring prayers back to the schoolroom. "We're going to pray in our schools in this state," he declared, "and I don't believe Lyndon...
...Force Major James Kasler has always been admired for fierce loyalty to his buddies in time of trouble. "I know if I get in a jam," said a fellow pilot recently, "I'm going to get help. I can depend on Kasler." Last week loyalty brought disaster to Jim Kasler, the "one-man Air Force" who was fast becoming the most famous pilot over-North Viet Nam (TIME...
...bane of every newsman's existence is the publicity handout. In a never-ending stream, handouts arrive in the morning mail to proclaim that Consolidated Everything has just named Jim Jutjaw as the new vice president in charge of personal advancement; or that Sandi Starlet's high-rise bust does not keep her from reading on her back; or that Senator Somnolence has forthrightly called for further discussion...
Competition had not even begun at Portillo when disaster hit the U.S. team. Zipping down a slope at 60 m.p.h. in practice, Kidd lost his balance, skittered 200 yds., and snapped both bones in his right leg. Colorado's Jim Barrows injured a knee and an elbow, had to be scratched from the men's downhill; Idaho's Walter Falk fell during the race and suffered a concussion. The bright young star of the women's team, California's 16-year-old Penny McCoy, did give the U.S. one medal - its only one -when...
...pretty tense situation," said Jim Hayes, the leader of the march. But he had no criticism of police. "We don't ask for police protection--we just try to talk to people instead." Wherever they go, violence is likely, Without police, the likelihood becomes a virtual certainly. Again, this has become routine, and the marchers pass over it almost glibbly. But their refusal to ask for protection separates them from most other protestors. It is an important distinction...