Word: sore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After the Marathon. Governor Brown called the special session of the state legislature to consider his proposal to abolish capital punishment, but even before the session started, Brown decided that he could not win. The lawmakers were sore at him for "passing the buck," as they grumblingly put it, and a poll showed that sentiment in the legislature was running 4 to 1 against saving Caryl Chessman from the gas chamber. Many legislators felt strongly that Chessman had been escaping justice too long. Facing defeat, Brown decided not to fight, tamely placated fellow Democrats in the legislature by agreeing...
Customers often ask for antibiotics. Instead of explaining that no antibiotic does any good against virus infections, druggists usually tell them they need a prescription. (Virtually the only antibiotic preparations not on prescription are tablets containing small amounts, for sore throats.) They then generally recommend aspirin in one of the proprietary versions of APC on which there is a fat price markup. Though the medical benefits of aspirin are not easily measured, most doctors agree that it does some good, somehow...