Word: pack
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...insisting that the Senate change its rules so as to curb filibusters. Everyone knew that the effort did not have a chance; in the event, it cost a month of talkfest before it was handily defeated. Next, following the lead of President Kennedy, the liberals backed a plan to pack the Finance Committee headed by Virginia's conservative Democrat Harry Byrd. The idea was that a Finance Committee increased by two liberals would help in the passage of Kennedy's tax and medicare programs. Kennedy himself, told he could not win, tried to call his followers...
...longer content with their network of underground rivers and sewers, armies of rats now prowl the Ginza every night after the cabarets have closed and before department stores open. Rats with affluent tastes gorge themselves on such fancy groceries as melons, leather furniture and mink coats. One gormandizing rat pack even held up construction of a new building by chewing through a strong box and gobbling the blueprints; dim Ginza bars have regular, unscheduled blackouts whenever rats gnaw through power lines, a never-failing taste treat. When a U.S. tourist was assured by the manager of a luxurious Ginza hotel...
Like other Africans in Eastern Europe, the 350 African students in Bulgaria found more segregation than brotherhood, more indoctrination than education. After the riot, Ghana's ambassador lodged a strong protest with the Bulgarian government, and just about all of the Africans in Sofia decided to pack up and seek education elsewhere. "We have been insulted in every possible way," said Ghanaian Agricultural Student Robert Kotey as he arrived in Vienna. "We were molested in the streets, called 'black monkeys' and 'jungle people,' and people used to spit out before us on buses and trains...
Going into the second half-mile, Beatty opened his stride, eased out into the lead, and seemed to have the race sewed up. Not quite. Suddenly, at the three-quarter mark, O'Hara popped out of the pack and burst ahead. Sensing an upset, the crowd was on its feet as they pounded into the backstretch. Both runners kicked into the final sprint. Slowly Beatty pulled ahead of O'Hara about 60 yds. from the line, and with a quick peek over his shoulder clipped the tape to win by three yards...
What could be more fun than a boys' summer camp? West turns it into a night mare. Camp Oo-patik-patok, the chief counselor tells his boys, is "home to the fierce he-wolf, home to the courageous howling pack." The boys are taught wolf traits, especially an ear-splitting howl; and on the last day of camp, they take turns baying at the moon, while their proud parents look on, secure in the knowledge that camp has made their little boy just like all the other little boys, i.e., as conformist as a wolf...