Word: saws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sorrow last summer, he seemed larger than anyone had remembered. Forgotten were the early misadventures of the youngest son of a rich and famous family. Like Shakespeare's Prince Hal, he was not what he had seemed to be, and friends and critics alike saw not an immature Senator from Massachusetts but the legend's last guardian. That summer he avoided a chance for the presidential nomination. It would have been premature. But who could doubt that, if spared the fate of his brothers, he would make his claim on the legacy in the future? In his first speech after...
...Later in the week, Arena told reporters: "You people have been asking a lot of questions about manslaughter and about other driving charges. The only case I have is of leaving the scene of an accident. We have no witness who saw him driving. From my study of the scene, the dirt road, the darkness, the narrow bridge where the car fell, it was an accident, a true accident." Actually, under Massachusetts law, a charge of manslaughter, which requires "willful or wanton" conduct, would have been very unlikely. Even assuming the worst, Kennedy's actions would probably not have...
...cognac, three ounces of orange juice, and three ounces of champagne). The concoction was so mesmerizing that many hours later one flight controller was still muttering, to anyone still around to listen, "Don't forget that behind me there were eight other good men the public never saw. Just remember, that behind me were eight...
...responsible for shaping West Point's future. A graduate of the class of 1807, Thayer envisioned a school that would not only produce leaders in wartime but would also train engineers and scientists to develop the growing country. Despite his ability, Thayer was constantly thwarted by Congressmen who saw the fledgling academy as a waste of money and a potential instrument of federal power, and so tried to have it abolished. Political favoritism in Washington forced reinstatement of dismissed cadets. Lack of funds became so crucial that cadets were obliged to take the place of horses in dragging cannon...
...volunteer begins to care about the patients he sees, he also begins to see beyond his first impressions of the hospital. On one side, the inadequacies he first saw as negligence now become more understandable. State hospitals just don't have the funds to remodel their buildings, hire 100 more doctors or raise the wages of attendants above the minimum level. It also becomes evident that the staff does not sit back and accept these limitations. For example, there is a large work program, where patients can get jobs ranging from housekeeping to masonry to work in a large greenhouse...