Word: skies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Senior Editor Robert Shnayerson, who wrote the Essay on auto insurance, also received an adequate supply of free advice from colleagues who happen to be policyholders. He heard all the old tales of hardhearted claim adjusters, sky-high premiums, canceled insurance. Shnayerson sympathized, but when he recounted how he had solved his own automobile problems, he had the distinct feeling, he says, that no one was ready to follow his lead...
...fault system also forces insurers to compete almost entirely for "preferred risks"-drivers who seldom drive and people most likely to impress juries if they do get into trouble. As a result, thousands of unpreferred motorists have been unceremoniously stripped of their policies or forced to pay sky-high surcharges, not only because of accidents, but sometimes because they happen to live in "red line" (claim-prone) areas or belong to supposedly risky groups-a category that includes the young, the old, Negroes, actors, barbers, bartenders, sailors, soldiers and men with frivolous nicknames like "Shorty." Divorcees are often blackballed because...
...night and, seemingly impervious to a steam-heated climate, came up triumphantly talking at each stop. Africans heard his voice even as he flew overhead in Air Force Two. To soothe nations miffed because they were left out of his tour, Humphrey beamed down radio greetings from the sky...
...piano factory, where he is now a key polisher and earns $72.22 per month-enough to leave $6 per month for astronomy expenses after he contributes to the support of his mother and five brothers and sisters. Constructing his own 6-and 8-in. telescopes, Ikeya began scanning the sky in 1962 and discovered his first comet the following year...
Dalhousie entered the tournament sky-high. The Classic was dedicated to two Dalhousie stars killed in an automobile crash two weeks ago, and the survivors were playing like Knute Rockne-inspired warriors...