Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...neglected to mention that any Congressman who would vote against legalization of gambling and narcotics is a friend, a good friend, an absolutely necessary friend of La Cosa Nostra...
...mention has been made of whether or not the Senator was wearing shoes when he returned to the hotel. As anyone who has taken a lifesaving course can testify, swimming and diving are very difficult with shoes on. Senator Kennedy, after suffering a concussion and in a state of shock, claims to have dived repeatedly to the sunken car and then swum the channel. This would have been difficult for an experienced swimmer, but incredible for a man in his condition, wearing a back brace and all his clothes. If he was also wearing shoes, it would be unbelievable...
...widely available to all but a tiny fraction of U.S. citizens. Smith declares, but -really effective population control cannot be achieved until there is a change in society's attitude toward procreation. As things now stand, social and institutional pressures tend to stigmatize the childless couple - not to mention the single person - as "abnormal." Smith concedes that such an attitude had its use in the past; it "evolved over millennia to ensure high enough fertility to overcome high mortality." Now, however, medical progress has made that notion obsolete. Smith proposes that the reform start with the elimination...
...days, and the congested lungs of the even deadlier pneumonic form of the plague that killed within two or three days. Gethin's lament is remarkable because it makes the pain and terror vivid 600 years later. The authors of these two books on the Black Death mention the consistently abstract, numb quality of most contemporary chronicles...
There was no mention in the memo of Assistant Managing Editor Harrison Salisbury, who now plans to write a book on the Times. It might be argued that Gay Talese's bestselling saga of the Times-The Kingdom and the Power-makes Salisbury's effort unnecessary. After the events of last week, however, at least one new chapter seems in order...