Word: scraps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...syllogism. If not armed with this weapon he could try a simpler trick, what might be called the "No Game" of slipping in a negative each time Miller makes a cosmic positive statement, thus: "Whitman is [not] the first [nor] the last poet" or "Let us [not] scrap the past instantly...
Generally, reports Editor Burger, food is best in the Northeast, worst in the South and the Great Plains, with regional specialties often an exception. But, says he hopefully, "the food is improving all the time. That is why we will have to scrap the books each year and start from scratch." Meanwhile, give or take a few stars, the tired and hungry traveler driving into Ukiah, Calif., with his family after eight hours on the road, can derive immense comfort from the knowledge that the two-starred Ukiah Travelodge offers a suite for $15 a night, with "crib...
...from Murchison enterprises all over the U.S. directed the fight with a quartermasterly eye for organization. The U.S. was divided into 80 zones, and dozens of Murchisonians were sent to canvass Alleghany shareholders in each area. An IBM computer kept a running count of the committed proxies; each scrap of paper that might offer a clue to the Murchison's strength or strategy was burned lest it fall into enemy hands. So zealous were Murchison solicitors that even after the final voting began at the Alleghany annual meeting in Baltimore, they were searching ashtrays for torn-up Kirby ballots...
...save the day, House leaders are trying to get Secretary Freeman to tone down his bill. At week's end Freeman was ready to make some compromises, but gave no indication that he was willing to scrap Title One. There was little time to lose. As Freeman fretted, his Agriculture Department announced that this year's bumper crop of wheat would add about another 125 million bu. to the stockpile that already totals 1,450,000,000 bu. Every day the U.S. spends $1,400,000 just to store a mountain of surplus food that now is worth...
Last week a spokesman for the rebels scoffed at the Sukarno government's figure of 10,000, said that scarcely "600 troops and their families" had surrendered after a scrap between rival factions among Celebes rebels. In turn. General Jani himself conceded that 30,000 more rebels remain active on Celebes. Rebel raids continue. Only well-armed government convoys venture out on the island's roads...