Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never had to labor very hard; yams, bananas and copra grow abundantly for the picking. When he reaches 16, each youth is entitled to eight free acres of land for his own use. Though most Tongans were converted to Christianity by Wesleyan and Catholic missionaries, they have managed to retain their own gods too. Their monarchy is indigenous and one of the world's oldest: Tupou IV traces his lineage back a thousand years, and his is the last surviving Polynesian kingdom in Oceania...
...ranking him third on the alltime moneywinning list behind Kelso ($1,977,896) and Round Table ($1,749,869). Last year Buckpasser set a world record of 1 min. 32 sec. for the mile, and ran away with the voting for Horse of the Year, a title he should retain in 1967 barring reinjury...
...York's Aqueduct Race Track last week, Owner Phipps announced that Buckpasser has been syndicated for stud duty and will retire next year to Lexington, Ky. Dividing the horse into 32 equal shares-each of which entitles its own er to one stud service per year-Phipps will retain 16 shares himself, has sold the remaining 16 to other breeders at $150,000 apiece. Total worth of the syndicate: $4,800,000, making Buckpasser, who has yet to father his first foal, the highest-priced stallion in history...
...Boston Crafts Maintenance Council claims that at a meeting in December, 1966, the 265 members of the Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Association voted to merge with the Council. The small group of B&G workers (perhaps two dozen) seeking to retain the old name allegedly claims that this was not so. The Building Services Employees International, on the basis of some cards signed by B&G workers, claims that it is the bargaining agent...
...Pont still puts its faith in its prolific test tube. Among other promising ventures, it has recently developed a cheap but strong plastic heat exchanger, a line of nylon shutters and plastic vanity tops, and a compound called Zeset that keeps wool sweaters shrinkproof and enables felt hats to retain their shape and stiffness. For the future, Du Pont researchers envision such wonders as ski jackets that grow thicker and warmer when the temperature drops, curtains that change color or covering power when the sun hits, a fiber product that will remove salt or waste from water. Of course...