Word: ness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George Washington University. "Khrushchev tried to couple relaxation abroad with relaxation at home, while Brezhnev has kept the two separate. He realizes there is a fundamental antagonism between the two spheres. Brezhnev is a hard-nosed, realistic politician, a Machiavellian prince who is acutely aware of the two-sided-ness of Soviet policy...
...Recurring reports that a monster dwells in the dark waters of Scotland's Loch Ness have long tantalized Western science buffs. Now the Japanese have moved into the act. In hopes of succeeding where the Westerners have failed, an expedition headed by Japanese Novelist-Politician Ishihara Shintaro has set out to track down, photograph and perhaps even trap the legendary beast. The Japanese are not stinting in their efforts. The vanguard of the $500,000 expedition has already arrived on the scene; soon the hunters will begin using such formidable weaponry as a sonar-equipped minisubmarine and tranquilizing guns...
More than anything else she wanted to be pretty. But in adolescence her complexion raged and she got fat. A lifelong obsession with personal ugli ness began. Unequal to the conventional standards of Southern femininity, Joplin decided to be its antithesis: she became one of the guys-palling around with boys who drank beer, listened to jazz, and tolerated her because she was willing to play court jester...
...chickens - hence the bordello's name. In more prosperous times, the house was good for the town's econ omy. Says Lester Zapalac, publisher of the La Grange Journal, the town's only newspaper: "The girls bought all their clothes here, their eats. It brought busi ness for the community." When the town would hold a big barbecue, the girls at Edna's, of course, were not in vited. However, the townsfolk would often send some leftovers back to the girls. The fund for the new La Grange hospital was enriched $10,000 grace aux filles...
...political story that summer was the Democratic nomination of George McGovern for President, and then came the controversy over his running mate, Senator Thomas Eagleton. Watergate submerged into the murk like another Loch Ness monster. TIME letter writers, however, consistently took a more critical view of President Nixon than did the voters as a whole. As of Election Day, TIME's mail ran roughly 4 to 1 against Nixon, compared with his 60.7% majority of the popular vote...