Word: main
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their elders and, stylistically at least, left an irresistible impression on them. No Western metropolis today lacks a discotheque or espresso joint, a Mod boutique or a Carnaby shop. No transistor is immune from rock 'n' roll, no highway spared the stutter of Hondas. There are few Main Streets in the world that do not echo to the clop of granny boots, and many are the grannies who now wear them. What started out as distinctively youthful sartorial revolt-drainpipe-trousered men, pants-suited or net-stockinged women, long hair on male and female alike-has been accepted...
...comprehensible that his main concern in off-duty hours is aiding the Vietnamese civilian...
...Three main force Viet Cong units operate out of U Minh, "The Forest of Darkness," and Air Force fighter-bombers pounded the drop area with bombs and napalm before the big jump-largest in more than a year. Another 4,800 South Vietnamese infantrymen were helilifted into the search-and-destroy mission, which in its first two days netted 89 enemy dead and a rich cache of weapons. More important, it may well be a prelude to the imminent entry of U.S. troops into the Delta...
...West Berlin surgeon of 71, was shown telling how he almost lost his head. Then came readily identifiable shots of Dr. Klingsiek, now a prosperous Herford physician, driving home in his Mercedes-Benz to what a Frankfurt newspaper later called his "luxurious villa." With out actually naming "this main prosecution witness" against Martens, the commentator said ironically: "As you can see, he is doing well...
Young Sarah Courtland was eleven that summer. With trouble in the house, eleven is a hard time. Children like Sarah are spectators at a contest, but they discover that they are also part of the spoils - never the main prize, but the consolation prize...