Word: pearls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite marriage, politics still dominated Jackson. Characteristically, he interrupted his honeymoon to attend a naval briefing at Pearl Harbor. But his wife brought new grace and style to his life, though he still wears undistinguished suits and black wingtip shoes, and drives a 1961 Chevrolet. The Jacksons own two houses, one in Washington's fashionable Spring Valley, the other a large house in Everett that was once the home of a banker who was the richest and most powerful man in town when Jackson was a boy-a bit of symbolism much appreciated by the Senator's friends...
...years ago that it was finally ready to move its subway cars to a new facility. I.M. Pei unveiled his design for the memorial complex. He planned a semi-circular building that would be capped off by an eight-story glass pavillion in the center. Pei said the "pearl in the oyster," which would have a huge American flag hanging from its ceiling and hold a bust of Kennedy, would be a fitting memorial to the president...
...could enter 1976 with unemployment at the highest rate since Pearl Harbor?and by then most of the stimulus of the tax rebates would be gone. At best, the Government would be putting into the economy only as much money as it was taking out in energy taxes. The Administration appears to be gambling that recovery will have picked up enough momentum by early 1976 to make further stimulation unnecessary. That could occur, but only if consumer confidence recovers, and early reactions to Ford's plans are not reassuring. Consumers seem to be more confused than anything else. A common...
...manned crisis centers to treat soldiers and civilians alike. Their work was doubly appreciated because the Yom Kippur War produced more psychological shock than any of the country's earlier wars. This was partly because there were so many casualties (about as many as the U.S. suffered at Pearl Harbor) and partly because the war abruptly dispelled the assumption of quick Israeli supremacy in battle...
...them in good time. Evidently, the directors of the library don't believe this, because right now, through Jan. 10, there's a show in the lobby of the Kennedy building in Government Center titled: "Christmas in the White House". Mounds of early-'60s memorabilia, including a pearl Nativity scene from King Hussein...