Word: slicks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that counts tourism as its No. 1 business, it seemed only good politics when Florida's popular Governor Haydon Burns proposed a $300 million road-widening program last spring. Democrat Burns, 53, a former mayor of Jacksonville whose snappy dress and smooth talk have earned him the nickname "Slick," campaigned all over the state for the issue, acknowledging that his political prestige was at stake. Last month, in the wake of a Tampa Tribune report that the Gov ernor had requested $250,000 from contractors to ballyhoo the road pro gram, Florida's voters rejected the bond issue...
...after Bowdoin's Leo Tracy shattered goalie Bill Fitzsimmons' bid for an effortless shutout with a 25-foot screen shot, starting left-winger Dennis McCullough hit center Kent Parrot at mid-ice with a long lead pass. The one defenseman between Parrot and the goal appeared to ride the slick-sticking sophomore off to the left, until Parrot stopped short, swung around, and in one motion bulleted the puck into the far corner...
This fall, however, the Harvard Drama Review has made its escape from the domination of the stapler into a slick-paper format, written and assembled at greater leisure. Joel Silverstein, the editor, has put together the most intelligent collection of critics any of these magazines has ever had, and the reviews, though still erratic, have been far better on the average...
...fathoms (2,400 ft.) of the Bahamas' Northwest Providence Channel. At last count, 458 persons had lived through the disaster; 91 had died. The cause of the blaze was a mystery. All that remained of the Yarmouth Castle was four empty lifeboats, scattered debris and an oil slick...
Alpert's arrangements are strictly north-of-the-border: slick, deceptively simple, sprinkled with tambourines, maracas and assorted percussive hardware. At worst the result sounds like Cugat a go go; at best it is bouncy, foot-tapping, happily infectious music. With three albums on the bestseller charts and guest appearances scheduled on virtually every major TV variety show, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass are the year's hottest new instrumental group...