Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that eternally elusive winner in the bible of Belmont and Broadway, The Morning Telegraph. No other publication in the world was so well-informed on such a will-o'-the-wisp subject-the ponies. The Telegraph was the Wall Street Journal of the racing world, and its 30-odd pages crinkled on every railing from Santa Anita to Hialeah...
...harsh new light. Even while denouncing and fearing the left-wing radicals, he himself grew impatient with politics as usual, and seemed ready to resort to more desperate measures. Middle American discontent as such is not populism. That requires an acceptance of relatively radical solutions; hence the odd convergence of left and right on certain issues. Both, for instance, denounce big bureaucracy in business, labor and government and demand more local control...
...Senkakus themselves, which are tiny, rocky and uninhabited, would seem to be an odd subject for such a dispute. But according to a recently published U.N. survey, they may well be surrounded by a vast offshore oilfield in which Tokyo, Peking and Taipei are all exceedingly interested...
...odd notes in Paris fashions this spring is the maternity-style top -for women without child. It has a loose, comfortable style that was born of the peasant blouses still available in the bazaars of Europe. If that isn't enough to give the nonpregnant pause, two young Manhattan women have designed and are selling the Pregnancy Puff-an egg-shaped, beige satin pillow that ties on round the middle with pink and blue satin ribbons. It has just one function: worn under clothing, it makes a woman look pregnant...
...reception at Kennedy Airport was not particularly promising. Most of the 100-odd people waiting were newsmen. They and the curious transients at the terminal windows watched the fleshy-faced, white-haired old man, just short of 83, blow a few kisses for the cameras, then ease himself slowly down the airplane steps and shuffle over to a waiting limousine...