Word: pleasingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rose in the Senate to propose that the Congress recess until after the Nov. 3 elections, then return to finish its work. A chorus of protest swept the chamber. In the House, California Democrat Chet Holifield cried: "This House should adjourn!" Congressmen cheered and clapped in...
Fertility clinics across the U.S. were swamped last week with anxious pleas for "that new drug that makes twins or quads." The furor was touched off by the disclosure that at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center a New York City woman who had been barren for six years had borne quadruplets...
Conant, who is in Berlin as European educational adviser to the Ford Foundation, was unable to accept the $1000 award in person, but in a letter he expressed hope that "the award signifies a wide acceptance of my pleas for a new look at teacher education."
"Not for Sale." For York, everything was anticlimactic after that. He tersely rejected every offer to capitalize on his heroics, declared: "This uniform ain't for sale." He returned to a simple life in the mountains with his wife Gracie, reared seven children. He made several tours in the...
The leaders' pleas had no effect as a hooting, looting mood dominated the streets. A woman leaned against a shoe store, tried to trade a bag of shoes she had pilfered for more desirable loot that others carried. Two women dragged large boxes behind them. Said one to the...