Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Recent mayors, though honest and reasonably competent, have lacked the spunk to meet the city's mounting problems even part way. During Locher's regime, says Thomas Vail, publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Some of the most powerful people in Cleveland were going to city hall and saying 'Let's get going. What can we do to help?' But nobody could get anywhere with Locher." In Vail's phrase, "that little extra spark" was missing...
Carl Stokes saw himself as the man with the spark two years ago when he ran as an independent candidate against Locher, his former boss. He came within 2,143 votes of winning, and did not let up between elections. This year, Stokes, with the influential support of the Plain Dealer, challenged Locher in the primary. He waged a gentlemanly campaign and mentioned race only to say that his own should not be an issue...
...terms, which included face-to-face negotiations-and the terms have since been getting steadily tougher. Just how tough they have become was spelled out last week by Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. In a major policy speech before the opening session of the Knesset (parliament), Eshkol made it plain, in case anyone has recently had any doubts, that his government has decided to hold on to most of the land...
Small Price. So far, the debate has been largely one-sided, since the scientists and technicians engaged in secret research have been unable to ex plain what they do. But professors in a position to speak out argue that much of the advanced work in their fields-whether they like it or not-is related to defense programs. Stanford Electronics Laboratories Director William...
...fashions grow minier, accessories are waxing maxier. Witness the popularity of superwatches-huge, outsize timekeepers that measure 3 in. across and come with round, square and octagonal faces. They are not just plain old white faces either. Colors can be bright orange, chartreuse, yellow or red; Britain's Old England Watches decorates one watch face with a simulated Union Jack, another with swirling psychedelic petals that spell out "Flower Power...