Word: robbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...blackened" the memory of Bonnie and injured the reputation of Billie Jean, who offers some support of the claim: "One time Bonnie's leg was burned real bad in a car wreck. It took $9-a-day worth of Unguentine to put on her leg. Clyde had to rob places." Besides, she adds, "we used to take Bonnie pretty clothes. They didn't go around like a bunch of tramps...
...years ago, when I was in high school, we used to rob this place blind," a stock boy said. "And they still do. If you walk into the store and act like you own something, it's yours...
Inflation could rob Johnson of the potentially powerful pocketbook issue. G.O.P. orators are already putting emphasis on the phrase "profitless prosperity." Though the President may be tempted to campaign on the theme of "You never had it so good," it is doubtful that U.S. voters will give him all the credit. "They think that they had something to do with it, too," says a Democratic strategist. Johnson contends that his proposed 10% surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes would help avert inflation, but he is having little luck in persuading Congress. Unless the surcharge is enacted, he warns...
...Tigers, who visit Soldiers Field this Saturday, held back some of their stars and still had no trouble wiping out Brown at Princeton. Tiger coach Dick Colman avoided using his starting tailback Rob Weber, and several starting linemen also spent the game on the bench, apparently resting up for the Harvard-Princeton match...
Johnson has everything to gain by succumbing to this pressure. By stopping the bombing he will rob his critics of their strongest argument. But, argue the hawks, there is no reason to stop the bombing. A halt would not bring Hanoi to the conference table; it would only result in increased American casualties as the North Vietnamese take advantage of the pause...