Word: romanism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Chicago street gangs-among them the Vice Lords, the Cobras and the Roman Saints-have probably been too busy and involved to riot. With money from the Government, foundations, churches and private companies, they have opened their own stores, mounted clean-up and paint-up campaigns, and organized recreational centers. Through programs sponsored by the Government, the National Alliance of Businessmen and the Urban Coalition, summer jobs were provided for 821,000 young people, most of them Negroes...
...capital after another, government discussions turned rapidly from détente to defense. There were some predictable recriminations charging that the free world had been overly optimistic about Soviet aims. Typical of that mood was Nebraska Republican Roman L. Hruska, who said in a Senate speech, "Our belief in the theory of Soviet mellowing has debilitated our entire military strategy." Many Western military leaders were openly grateful that the Soviets had shaken the politicians out of complacency before NATO was further enfeebled. As retired General Alfred M. Gruenther, a former NATO commander, put it: "The Soviet invasion was a jolt...
...unleashed the archaeologists when power shovels uncovered massive fortifications built by Greeks during the 6th century B.C. Malraux has now struck again, using his influence to prevent the Rhône River town of Vienne from building a secondary school over what may well be the most important Roman ruins ever discovered in France...
...FIRST ROMAN, based on Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. With Richard Kiley and Leslie Uggams...
...single) and his guests sober (neither hotel has a bar). His takeover in Cape May has provided a permanent headquarters for his religious movement, which he calls the Twentieth Century Reformation. A jowly six-footer with a shock of wavy hair greying at the temples and an impressive Roman nose, Mclntire oozes the polished grace of a successful businessman. On the stump, he is the consummate piney woods evangelist, his voice resonant with Southern overtones even though he was born in Ypsilanti, Mich...