Word: majorities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...correctness of Meyer's approach is best illustrated by the few sodden moments when he loses his way and tries to inject some social meaning into the film. Meyer apparently got the idea during the last half of the shooting that Vixen should touch on some Major Issues of the Day, like racial tension, the War, the draft, revolution, etc. He's not too good at dealing with these ideas, and he ended up dumping all his social messages on one character: a black motorcyclist, who left America because of the draft and who nearly hijacks Mr. Vixen's plane...
...area of "legal reform" constitutes one of their major activities...
Harvard oarsmen entered eight of the thirteen events in the fifth annual Head-of-the Charles Regatta yesterday afternoon, and won the three major team races...
...right to breathe clean air" has been invoked in the Los Angeles District Court by 40 Congressmen, mainly Democrats, seeking to prevent the Nixon Administration from settling out of court an anti-trust suit charging that major auto-makers have "stalled" the installation of anti-smog devices. Hearings on the case will open tomorrow...
...Another major distinction of the Frost show is that a visitor can spiel on as long as he is compelling, and the host does not feel a constant compulsion to bring in disparate guests to hold his audience. Senator Edmund Muskie soloed for 37 minutes. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.-who rattled off lines like, "I am probably the only living American, black or white, that just doesn't give a damn"-holds the record so far with a run of 39 minutes...