Word: past
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kind of bastard of the West; when I followed the line of my past, I did not find myself in Europe but in Africa. And this meant that in some subtle way, in a really profound way, I brought to Shakespeare, Bach, Rembrandt, to the stones of Paris, to the Cathedral at Chartres, and to the Empire State Building, a special attitude. These were not really my creations, they did not contain my history; 1 might search them in vain forever for any reflection of myself...
ANGERED by rising prices and fearful of future economic tremors, U.S. consumers have turned cautious in their buying habits. They are shopping harder for bargains, postponing some planned purchases of costly items and hesitating about buying on credit. "We see a marked change over the past four weeks," says Ernest Molloy, president of Macy's, echoing a common sentiment among merchants. Caught in a pincers, they feel squeezed both by the rising costs of doing business and by mounting consumer resistance...
...Ford's $108, Chrysler's $107, American Motors' $81 (though the Hornet, at $1,994, is pointedly priced $1 below Ford's competing Maverick). Automen justify the increases by citing higher production costs. G.M. figures that payroll costs have risen 6% in the past year and will go up another 6% this month under terms of the company's labor contract; steel is up 6%, copper and lead 24%, zinc...
...Harvard's backfield. at least in terms of talent. is a match for the Bruins. The crucial factors will be timing and teamwork, areas which the Crimson has sharpened greatly during the past week. Ordway. a two-year veteran at scrumhalf. will be passing to deceptive Mario Small at fly. and Greg Sandomisrsky will team with Verdi DiSesa at the wing three-quarters. Jamie Plunkett and Bucky Hayes will play on the wings. and All-American Joe Daly will be at fallback...
THANKS to some big box-office grosses in New York, Putney Swope has made financing his next picture an easier chore for Downey than it has been in the past. His new film, Pound, is about a dozen dogs (played by actors) who try to find a way to avoid the inevitable needle that will put them to "sleep...