Word: namee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Disciples' annual convention, 4,700 delegates overwhelmingly approved the principles of a new constitution that will transform the movement from a loose grouping of autonomous congregations into an organization with central direction and authority. The change was symbolized by dropping two letters from the Disciples' proper name. Previously, they were members of the Christian Churches; now they will be known as the Christian Church...
...swiveling chorus lines, no tuxedoed crooners. Just those quick flashes of visual and verbal comedy, tumbling pell-mell from the opening straight through the commercials till the NBC peacock turns tail. Often the first-time viewer can hardly believe the proceedings. Silly punch lines fly like birdshot. Childish name games produce outrageous amalgams of sound...
Scattergunning some 300 jokes and sight gags per show, Laugh-In offers something for-and against-everybody. One week it pelts a Republican: SPIRO AGNEW . . . YOUR NEW NAME IS READY. The next week it zeroes in on the President: "Texas produced some great men: Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Lyndon Johnson. Two out of three isn't bad." And the once risky subjects of race, religion and nationality are treated just as irreverently. "Who put the last seven bullets into Mussolini? Three hundred Italian sharpshooters...
Deep in Politics. That struggle is bound to drag the court into more controversy. Right from the start of its new session, it will be deeply mired in politics. High on the docket is a plea from George Wallace, who is asking his favorite scapegoat to put his name on the ballot in Ohio-the only state where he has not made...
...Designs of Royal Oak, Mich., from producing a pop copy with twin twirling plastic disks in psychedelic hues. When the string is pulled taut, the disks whirl apart, then clop together in mid-spin, sounding like a shark with loose plates chewing on an oyster. Op-Yop is its name. At $1 each, Kramer has sold 1,000,000 of them to date, confidently expects to sell another million by Christmas...