Word: lifted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Many. In Lincoln's mind, the American cause was "to e1evate the condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all." The human condition today is more elevated and yet more perilous, the weights on American shoulders are lighter as well as heavier, the people's pursuits are more confusing but also more stimulating than was dreamed of in yesterday's utopias...
...that a small steel company had announced a price hike (see U.S. BUSINESS). Kennedy postponed his leavetaking, called in Administration officials for consultation, finally came out with a statement that, compared to his savage 1962 assault on U.S. Steel, seemed downright benign-and gave the stock market a general lift. Then the President and a few friends jetted to Florida...
...granted, a nation that prided itself on its placidity and caution, Canada had in recent years become a cockpit of frustrations. Its national unity was threatened by the pull of regional economic self-interest, its politics had become fragmented and quarrelsome, its economy was in need of a lift, its painstakingly put-together French-English partnership-the cornerstone of the confederation that will be a century old in 1967-was coming unstuck...
...very belligerent name for training to be a fighter pilot," and decided to call him Mike. The name lasted; Pearson's flying career did not. On his first solo flight, after just 1½ hours' instruction, he met a high wire in his landing path, tried to lift his skittery DH4 over it, stalled and crashed. Bruised and shaken, Pearson spent a week in hospital. He finished the war as a training instructor in Toronto...
...suggestion, he climbed aboard a doleful 50-1 shot, finished second, forcing everyone to ask "How come?" Said he: "I just noticed when he was warming up that he ran with his head down. He couldn't see where he was going, so all I did was lift his head up. I should have won." Total purses won by Brooks' horses: about $16 million...