Word: key
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rounds early on the strike's first morning. Mrs. Huerta saw a light in one house where four of the workers lived. She reminded them of their pledge, but they had changed their minds. Mrs. Huerta moved her truck so that it blocked their driveway and put the key in her purse. The incident illustrated the charge that Chavez and his aides sometimes coerce those who would rather work than strike. After only four days of the strike, the grower agreed to give the workers a 120% wage increase...
Football is another favorite. At a stadium or in front of a television set, the President follows gridiron action closely, often memorizing key plays. Says White House Aide Bud Wilkinson, former University of Oklahoma football coach: "He can recall what happened in the third quarter of a game he saw twelve years ago-and even remember the name of the guy who made the play." When the Redskins kick off in the fall, Nixon is sure to be at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium rooting them on from the owners...
...President put together a Cabinet to his own taste, composed of twelve Gaullists and seven members of the independent right and center parties. It faithfully reflects Pompidou's desire for a more moderate foreign policy, fiscal restraint, and possibly a harder line on student dissent. The five key...
...withdrawing the ordinance he proposed a month ago, which would have established a fine of at least $25 for amplification of sound disturbing the public peace, Councillor Thomas H. D. Mahoney commented, "Enforcement [of existing laws] is the key...
...delightful film about an imaginary island he would some day like to own because "taxes are too high in the country." Twelve-year-old Ellen Mc-Laughlin of Chevy Chase, Md., took her camera to an airport to record people's arrivals, departures, reunions and leave-takings. Her key scene: the exciting homecoming of her mother from a European trip. Beana and Barbara McLoud, 7 and 9, Stillaguamish Indians, realistically portrayed life on their reservation in Yelm, Wash...