Word: objective
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...adult passersby reported that Powell definitely had wielded a knife and described the action much as Gilligan had. Another adult witness said he was sure that Powell had "an object" in his right hand. Two Negro friends of Powell testified that on the way to school, Powell had shown them two knives, given one to each to keep for him. After the superintendent fled into the building, said one friend, Powell asked him for a knife and declared: "I'm going to cut that . . ." The friend pretended that he no longer had the knife. The other youth said that...
Vanishing Indians. In many a subdivision house and functional apartment, the most cherished object is an old store sign or a circus poster, a shaving mug, a spinning wheel or an ornate mailbox, a collection of cast-iron toys or a bridal bouquet under glass. Many once worthless objects, such as Victorian dolls and samplers, brass coal scuttles and decorated washbasins, are greeted with glad, excited cries of discovery. A cigar-store Indian in good condition-if you can find one-fetches up to $1,500 today...
Tocker found Topps innocent of illegalities "per se," attributing its success largely to the "inefficiency" of its competitors. Even so, the law "does not excuse monopoly by reference to any qualifying conditions." Its object is equal business opportunities. This Topps prevented, said Tocker, by "regimentation of the baseball card-buying public." For example, it issued check lists to exploit the kids' appetites for complete sets of its 576 numbered cards. As Tocker sees it, Topps has thus "monopolized a part of trade or commerce within the meaning of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust...
...URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS. Total cost: $315 million. To get local communities cracking on their own poverty wars, federal funds up to 90% of cost will be pumped into public or private nonprofit agency programs when requested, but again only if state Governors do not object. Also included are adult education projects to teach people 18 and older to read and write...
Whereupon Tshombe announced that unless Massamba-Debat immediately stopped supporting the Congolese rebels, some 50,000 Brazzaville citizens who live in Leopoldville would be deported. Tshombe's object: to overload Brazza ville's shaky economy, fan enough dis content to overthrow Massamba-Debat's already strife-torn government...