Word: mississippis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson did in fact inspire the advocate in Halberstam, and after graduation he left the sheltered environment of Cambridge to take a job with the West Point, Mississippi Daily Times Leader, the smallest daily in the state. Halberstam thought the 1954 Supreme Court ruling against segregation would bring profound changes in the South, and he wanted to be part of the action. He worked in Mississippi for four years and then travelled to Tennessee, where he covered race relations for The Nashville Tennesean. Looking for a change, Halberstam left-the country to report in Vietnam for The New York Times...
...DOCTOR in Mississippi says Mr. Lee softly to be more polite to Mrs. Ellis by quietness, "and he say it don't do any good to rub it No, no rubbin arthritis don't make it any better and I never do because of what he said A hot bath helps though sure does...
Turning to the Judicial Branch for help, more than 20 Senators, including such fiscal conservatives as Mississippi's James Eastland and John Stennis, signed a brief asking a federal court to force Nixon to spend impounded high way trust funds, as demanded by the state of Missouri. North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin, the Senate's leading constitutional expert, declared that the Constitution gives "the power of the purse exclusively to Congress," and that presidential impounding of funds is "contemptuous" of both the Congress and the Constitution...
...refusal to spend money Congress has appropriated. This issue apparently is headed for a momentous collision in the courts. Presidents have refused to spend funds in the past as far back as Thomas Jefferson, who withheld some $50,000 that had been authorized for gunboats to patrol the Mississippi River. But this was generally done then because the need had passed or a project cost less than had been expected. Nixon has used this device as an expanded veto power, impounding some $6 billion in water-pollution control money and $5 billion in highway funds. Moreover, he asked Congress...
SPECIALIST. Ray Guy, Southern Mississippi, 6 ft. 4 in., 192 lbs. Averaging a booming 46 yds. a kick this season, until he suffered an ankle injury, Guy is a premier punter with several pluses. The "hangup time" of his kicks (4.7 sec.), explains one scout, allows "outstanding coverage opportunity." As a placekicker, he booted a 61-yd. field goal. He also happens to be an outstanding defensive back and is fourth in the nation in interceptions...