Word: lent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy family, enough brisk young Harvardmen, enough seasoned toilers from the primaries to blanket the entire U.S. In some states, Bobby settled for second-rate, amateurish local leaders; in others, imported Kennedymen were hampered by local feuds and politicians jealous of outside intruders. Some states, such as Indiana, lent themselves to a formula of the local organization and the volunteers working together in happy harmony under the direction of a coordinator from headquarters. In a few places, such as Montana, the tough young Kennedy corps took over completely. In other states, such as Pennsylvania, Bobby soon discovered that the most...
...knead after another. One woman could not get her Danish rolls to rise because of the air conditioning in baking headquarters at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C.; another forgot her spectacles and could not see to pick the stems off the raisins (a Pillsbury vice president thoughtfully lent her his). Another sent Pillsbury staffers scurrying about to find bleached pumpkin seeds (they had given her unbleached ones...
...Hanover, 37, Kaiser Wilhelm II's grandson and the brother of Queen Frederika of Greece, a German-educated doctor of laws and writer about the legal problems of space; and Princess Alexandra of Ysembourg-Büdingen, 22, a fine-featured brunette, who wore a crown of diamonds lent by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II; in Büidingen, Germany, before 800 guests including Frederika and King Paul...
...week the fire department and nearly every family in Flora (pop. 5,338), including the Chevrolet dealer, was lent a new Ford to drive. It was Ford Motor's new and novel way of introducing its 1961 Fords and Falcons...
...Detroit, would be an excellent way to celebrate the Detroit Institute's 75th anniversary. After all, the institute owned 10% of all the Flemish art in the U.S. King Baudouin was approached, and agreed to be a patron; so did President Eisenhower. Museums from San Francisco to Munich lent works, and the U.S. Navy was called in to carry the U.S. loans across the Atlantic. This week, when the show completes its run in Europe, it will be packed into air-conditioned trucks that will head with motorcycle escorts to Saint-Nazaire, where a Navy transport is waiting...