Word: shouldering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cast light on some of the situations we faced in a way that will contribute to understanding the history of the period." One of those situations, he says evenly, is that he was the first commander since the Spanish-American War who "had to look over his shoulder and to reflect on the support of the home front as anything other than an asset." In other accounts of the war, says Westmoreland, "I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Viet Nam have been given the credit they deserve...
...loose in the corridors where diplomats and admirals usually stride on their awesome missions. Mr. Claus, otherwise known as Sandy Fox, head of the graphics and protocol office in the East Wing, has a good jolly ho, ho, ho. He carried a string of sleigh bells over his shoulder as he jingled on his prestigious errand from the East Room to the North Portico. Sandy has been the White House Santa since the Kennedy days; he has pieced together a flawless costume and has grown a real white mustache that cannot be pulled off. His tummy is the creation...
Because of this prospect, the Federal Reserve Board-whose crusty chairman, Arthur Burns, has sometimes complained that the Fed has been forced to shoulder too much of the burden of fighting inflation-will only gradually relax its tight grip on the nation's money supply. In late summer, the board indulged in a bout of miserliness that resulted in sky-high prime lending rates and shortages of funds for mortgages...
...Nebraska for three years. Tackles: (3) DAVE GALLAGHER, Michigan, 6 ft. 4 in., 245 Ibs., and (4) BILL KOLLAR, Montana State, 6 ft. 3 in., 251 Ibs. The scouts do not know whether Gallagher, a pre-med student, will be a doctor or a football player. If he picks shoulder pads, at least temporarily, the quick aggressive Michigan star is expected to be a formidable pass rusher. "You may pass around him, but you won't pass over him," says one scout. The wonder about Kollar is that Woody Hayes ever let this native Ohioan get away. Another...
...Bruins boast six returning lettermen in their starting lineup. First-line forwards Norm Howarth and Brian Staple ton have two years of varsity experience, while junior right winger Rick Heimbach is a one-year letterman. Heimbach will replace Doug Smith, who separated his shoulder in the Yale game last Wednesday...