Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mine would be an activist, provocative Administration. Let us first talk about the economy. True, we can't totally tame the business cycle. But I think that it can be influenced in a substantial way to be less troublesome and to unleash the enormous resources of this country. What has happened is that there has been a tendency to deal with effects and not causes, so we have had a lot of patchwork, ad hoc solutions that do not deal with the overriding issues of growth and wage-price stability...
...continues the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam notwithstanding. Just three weeks ago, the corporation received Army and Navy contracts totalling $4.5 million. According to the Pentagon, this money was for "ammunition fuses and metal parts and for acoustic deception devices," the latter being a Pentagon euphemism for hidden mine...
...biggest adjustment he has had to make is to his celebrity status and wealth. Though he is generally good-natured, the press of fans and reporters sometimes nettles him ("My private time is mine. I'm not a Lee Trevino type who needs to tell jokes"). Miller now commands up to $10,000 for a personal appearance or exhibition, and advertisers woo him night and day. Sears, Roebuck has introduced a line of clothes called "the Johnny Miller Collection," and he has appeared in television commercials for Beautyrest mattresses. He has turned down legions more. "I can be oversold...
...physical education classes. They are equally popular in college. Says a Radcliffe student: "I feel bright and pepped up in loud socks. I like to call attention to myself. The other day I was in the library with my back turned to the main hall, and a friend of mine recognized me just by my socks." Adds Terry Giesen, 27, an employment manager at Manhattan's Lord & Taylor: "I pick out the oddest, ugliest pair I can find, then worry about something to wear with them. It's great to wear them under pants. Just enough shows...
Triumph of the Will. Last weekend a friend of mine sitting in on this at the midnight show, sometime between the time when Rudolph Hess speaks and when der Fuehrer ascends the rostrum. Two young men in platforms lounging in front of him. One turns to the other "I don't mind the Nazi killing millions of people, but boring me for hours..." At the Orson Welles...