Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Governor Harold E. Hughes of Iowa, who rose from a truck-driver's cab and the captivity of alcoholism to become a successful (and abstemious) Democrat in a traditionally Republican state, announced that he will seek a third two-year term rather than try to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Jack
Only Ashes. At the river, a high pyre had been erected. As Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Soviet Premier Kosygin and scores of other foreign dignitaries watched, the priests sprinkled Shastri with rose petals and stacked sandalwood logs across his white-shrouded body. A torch of thin twigs was handed to Shastri's eldest son, 32-year-old Hari Krishnan. According to custom, he walked three times around his father's body, then put the flame to the pyre. Priests poured on ghee and incense. Within seconds, the flames erupted, illuminating the wisp of white under the logs. Soon...
...Record sales rose from $744 million in 1964 to $830 million last year; classical music accounted for 15% of LP sales. The bestselling album for the year was Mary Poppins, the bestselling single Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs...
Some Mismatch. 'Bama got a big assist from U.C.L.A. Going into the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., unbeaten Michigan State was the No. 1 team-and nobody in his right mind would have given a plugged nickel for the Bruins' chances. Michigan State's overpowering defensive line (244 lbs. per man) had held ten opponents to an average of 45.6 yds. rushing per game; on offense, the Spartans had averaged 32.1 points a game. What's more, they had already beaten the Bruins once 13-3. They were 14½-point favorites, and Los Angeles newspapers...
...their loss was covered by reinsurance (TIME, Dec. 24). Many companies more than made up for underwriting losses with investment earnings. And casualty companies, unlike life insurance companies, are quick to cover rising costs with higher premiums. Forty states last year approved higher auto insurance rates, and fire insurance rose 8% nationally...